Risk events in South Korea, 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.
552 events were recorded: 499 conflict events and 53 unrest events.
552 eventsSources: gdelt
552 events· South Korea
Conflict
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 499
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 53
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| 2026-08-02 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| 2026-08-03 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-04 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 2026-08-05 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 54 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 54 |
| 2026-08-07 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08-11 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| 2026-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 2026-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-08-20 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 2026-08-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-08-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Events
What is happening now
552 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military posture change in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 2 · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 2 · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 2 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 2 · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 4 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 2 · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 3 · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 3 · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 2 · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 3 · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 2 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 2 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 3 · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Bucheon, South Korea
Severity 2 · Bucheon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 3 · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 2 · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 2 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Pohang, South Korea
Severity 2 · Pohang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pohang, South Korea
Severity 3 · Pohang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Seogwipo, South Korea
Severity 2 · Seogwipo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 2 · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 3 · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 2 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 2 · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 2 · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 2 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 3 · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 2 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 2 · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Gangneung, South Korea
Severity 2 · Gangneung · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 2 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · Seoul · 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.