Risk events in Myanmar, May 2026
This page tracks significant risk events worldwide in near real time — earthquakes, disaster alerts, armed conflict, unrest and government travel-advisory changes — combining data from the USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, UCDP, GDELT, ACLED and official travel-advisory sources. Browse what is happening now, or open the monthly and yearly archive for any country.
173 events were recorded: 4 earthquakes, 164 conflict events, and 5 unrest events.
173 eventsSources: gdelt · ucdp · usgs
173 events· Myanmar
ConflictEarthquake
- Earthquake
- 4
- 1 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 164
- 49 in the list
- Unrest
- 5
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is moving
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 132 |
| 2026-05-02 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 176 |
| 2026-05-03 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 150 |
| 2026-05-04 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 481 |
| 2026-05-05 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 357 |
| 2026-05-06 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 209 |
| 2026-05-07 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 213 |
| 2026-05-08 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 224 |
| 2026-05-09 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 327 |
| 2026-05-10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2026-05-11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026-05-12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026-05-13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| 2026-05-14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 2026-05-15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 2026-05-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| 2026-05-17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026-05-18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2026-05-19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 86 |
| 2026-05-20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 195 |
| 2026-05-21 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 109 |
| 2026-05-22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2026-05-23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2026-05-25 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| 2026-05-26 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2026-05-27 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 2026-05-28 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-05-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2026-05-30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-05-31 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Events
What is happening now
173 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Lashio, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Lashio · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Taunggyi, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Taunggyi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lashio, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Lashio · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mandalay, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Mandalay · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lashio, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Lashio · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lashio, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Lashio · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lashio, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Lashio · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kohima, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Kohima · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Sittwe, Myanmar
Severity 4 · Sittwe · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ruili, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Ruili · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Myitkyina, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Myitkyina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Minbu, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Minbu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lashio, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Lashio · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Aunglan, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Aunglan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Sittwe, Myanmar
Severity 2 · Sittwe · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sittwe, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Sittwe · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mandalay, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Mandalay · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Myingyan, Myanmar
1 fatality · Myingyan · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Tharrawaddy, Myanmar
1 fatality · Tharrawaddy · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Myingyan, Myanmar
5 fatalities · Myingyan · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Myingyan, Myanmar
3 fatalities · Myingyan · Source: ucdp
- Earthquake
M4.5 — 46 km ENE of Mawlaik, Burma (Myanmar)
M4.5 · Monywa · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Military force used in Minbu, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Minbu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Myitkyina, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Myitkyina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Thaton, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Thaton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Tharrawaddy, Myanmar
2 fatalities · Tharrawaddy · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Sittwe, Myanmar
1 fatality · Sittwe · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Minbu, Myanmar
1 fatality · Minbu · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Aunglan, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Aunglan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yangon, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Yangon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Mogok, Myanmar
Severity 2 · Mogok · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Myitkyina, Myanmar
Severity 4 · Myitkyina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Sagaing, Myanmar
Severity 4 · Sagaing · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Myitkyina, Myanmar
Severity 4 · Myitkyina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Pakokku, Myanmar
Severity 4 · Pakokku · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sagaing, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Sagaing · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Myitkyina, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Myitkyina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mandalay, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Mandalay · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Aunglan, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Aunglan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Manipur, Myanmar
Severity 2 · Manipur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Pakokku, Myanmar
17 fatalities · Pakokku · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Lashio, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Lashio · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Myitkyina, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Myitkyina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Pakokku, Myanmar
2 fatalities · Pakokku · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Yangon, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Yangon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yangon, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Yangon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yangon, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Yangon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yangon, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Yangon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sittwe, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Sittwe · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Dawei, Myanmar
3 fatalities · Dawei · Source: ucdp
Reference
What these risk types mean
- Earthquake
- Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
- Disaster
- Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
- Conflict
- Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
- Unrest
- Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
- Advisory
- Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.