Current risks in Saudi Arabia
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24 unrest events, 0 earthquakes, 0 conflict events, and 0 travel advisory changes are active. Fire activity is 4× the 30-day mean.
24 eventsSources: gdelt
24 events· Saudi ArabiaElevated fire activity · 181 hotspots in the last 24 h vs. a 30-day mean of 51.45
Unrest
Totals for Saudi Arabia, last 30 days
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 633
- 0 in the list
- Unrest
- 22
- 24 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is developing in Saudi Arabia
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type in Saudi Arabia
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day in Saudi Arabia
Last 30 days · fire hotspots as line
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 37 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| 2026-08-07 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| 2026-08-11 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 35 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 25 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 37 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 46 |
| 2026-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| 2026-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| 2026-08-20 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2026-08-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2026-08-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177 |
| 2026-08-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 198 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 |
| 2026-09-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136 |
| 2026-09-02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 181 |
| 2026-09-03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Events
What is happening in Saudi Arabia
24 events · newest first
- Unrest
Demonstration in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Mecca · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Mecca · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Sabya, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Sabya · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Mecca · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · 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.
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