Risk events in Nepal, August 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.
193 events were recorded: 1 earthquake, 151 conflict events, and 41 unrest events.
193 eventsSources: usgs · gdelt
193 events· Nepal
ConflictUnrestEarthquake
- Earthquake
- 1
- 1 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 151
- 41 in the list
- Unrest
- 41
- 8 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-02 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-03 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-04 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-05 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-07 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Events
What is happening now
193 events · newest first
- Earthquake
M5.2 — 55 km NW of Kodāri̇̄, Nepal
M5.2 · Kathmandu · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Military force used in Kathmandu, Nepal
Severity 3 · Kathmandu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Birgunj (Birganj), Nepal
Severity 2 · Birgunj (Birganj) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nepalgunj (Nepalganj), Nepal
Severity 3 · Nepalgunj (Nepalganj) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pokhara, Nepal
Severity 3 · Pokhara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa), Nepal
Severity 3 · Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Madhubani, Nepal
Severity 2 · Madhubani · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Madhubani, Nepal
Severity 3 · Madhubani · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Rajbiraj, Nepal
Severity 3 · Rajbiraj · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pokhara, Nepal
Severity 3 · Pokhara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nepalgunj (Nepalganj), Nepal
Severity 3 · Nepalgunj (Nepalganj) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bharatpur, Nepal
Severity 3 · Bharatpur · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kathmandu, Nepal
Severity 3 · Kathmandu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Bhimdatta, Nepal
Severity 2 · Bhimdatta · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Madhubani, Nepal
Severity 4 · Madhubani · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Birendranagar, Nepal
Severity 4 · Birendranagar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gulariya, Nepal
Severity 3 · Gulariya · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hetauda, Nepal
Severity 3 · Hetauda · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kathmandu, Nepal
Severity 3 · Kathmandu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bharatpur, Nepal
Severity 3 · Bharatpur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bharatpur, Nepal
Severity 3 · Bharatpur · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Madhubani, Nepal
Severity 3 · Madhubani · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Pokhara, Nepal
Severity 3 · Pokhara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kathmandu, Nepal
Severity 3 · Kathmandu · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Biratnagar, Nepal
Severity 3 · Biratnagar · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kathmandu, Nepal
Severity 3 · Kathmandu · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Pokhara, Nepal
Severity 3 · Pokhara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Birendranagar, Nepal
Severity 2 · Birendranagar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Nepalgunj (Nepalganj), Nepal
Severity 2 · Nepalgunj (Nepalganj) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bharatpur, Nepal
Severity 3 · Bharatpur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kathmandu, Nepal
Severity 3 · Kathmandu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Pokhara, Nepal
Severity 2 · Pokhara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kathmandu, Nepal
Severity 3 · Kathmandu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Birendranagar, Nepal
Severity 3 · Birendranagar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Birendranagar, Nepal
Severity 4 · Birendranagar · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Pokhara, Nepal
Severity 3 · Pokhara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Kathmandu, Nepal
Severity 2 · Kathmandu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Bharatpur, Nepal
Severity 2 · Bharatpur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Nepalgunj (Nepalganj), Nepal
Severity 2 · Nepalgunj (Nepalganj) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Pokhara, Nepal
Severity 2 · Pokhara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pokhara, Nepal
Severity 3 · Pokhara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pokhara, Nepal
Severity 3 · Pokhara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kathmandu, Nepal
Severity 3 · Kathmandu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Birendranagar, Nepal
Severity 3 · Birendranagar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Hetauda, Nepal
Severity 2 · Hetauda · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kathmandu, Nepal
Severity 2 · Kathmandu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kathmandu, Nepal
Severity 3 · Kathmandu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pokhara, Nepal
Severity 3 · Pokhara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hetauda, Nepal
Severity 3 · Hetauda · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kathmandu, Nepal
Severity 3 · Kathmandu · 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.