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 · usgs · ucdp
173 events· Myanmar
ConflictUnrestEarthquake
- Earthquake
- 4
- 1 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 164
- 21 in the list
- Unrest
- 5
- 1 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
173 events · newest first
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Mandalay, Myanmar
Severity 4 · Mandalay · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Yangon, Myanmar
Severity 4 · Yangon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Myingyan, Myanmar
Severity 2 · Myingyan · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M4.5 — 25 km W of Maubin, Burma (Myanmar)
M4.5 · Maubin · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Military force used in Pyinmana, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Pyinmana · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Pyinmana, Myanmar
Severity 2 · Pyinmana · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mandalay, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Mandalay · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yangon, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Yangon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pyinmana, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Pyinmana · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Lunglei, Myanmar
1 fatality · Lunglei · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Mandalay, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Mandalay · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Myingyan, Myanmar
Severity 2 · Myingyan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Mandalay, Myanmar
Severity 4 · Mandalay · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Mandalay, Myanmar
Severity 4 · Mandalay · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Yangon, Myanmar
Severity 4 · Yangon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Minbu, Myanmar
Severity 4 · Minbu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Monywa, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Monywa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yenangyaung, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Yenangyaung · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mandalay, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Mandalay · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Yenangyaung, Myanmar
3 fatalities · Yenangyaung · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Lunglei, Myanmar
7 fatalities · Lunglei · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Yenangyaung, Myanmar
2 fatalities · Yenangyaung · Source: ucdp
- Unrest
Demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar
Severity 3 · Yangon · Source: gdelt
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.