Current risks in Sri Lanka
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2 conflict events, 22 unrest events, 0 earthquakes, and 0 travel advisory changes are active. Fire activity is 3× the 30-day mean.
24 eventsSources: gdelt
24 events· Sri LankaElevated fire activity · 120 hotspots in the last 24 h vs. a 30-day mean of 39.14
ConflictUnrest
Totals for Sri Lanka, last 30 days
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 113
- 2 in the list
- Unrest
- 20
- 22 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is developing in Sri Lanka
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type in Sri Lanka
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day in Sri Lanka
Last 30 days · fire hotspots as line
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-05 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 2026-08-07 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| 2026-08-11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 38 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 59 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 82 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 40 |
| 2026-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 25 |
| 2026-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 106 |
| 2026-08-20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 93 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
| 2026-08-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2026-08-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 2026-08-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
| 2026-09-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Events
What is happening in Sri Lanka
24 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Colombo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Colombo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nagapattinam, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Nagapattinam · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nagapattinam, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Nagapattinam · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nagapattinam, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Nagapattinam · 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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