Risk events in Sri Lanka, 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.
181 events were recorded: 151 conflict events and 30 unrest events.
181 eventsSources: gdelt
181 events· Sri Lanka
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 151
- 44 in the list
- Unrest
- 30
- 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-02 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-03 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-04 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-05 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-06 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-05-07 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-08 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-09 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-20 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-25 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-26 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-27 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-29 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-30 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Events
What is happening now
181 events · newest first
- Conflict
Assault in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 2 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used 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
- Conflict
Military force used in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Colombo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Severity 2 · Colombo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Galle, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Galle · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 4 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Mass violence in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 4 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Matara, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Matara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Severity 4 · Colombo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Severity 4 · Colombo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ramanathapuram, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Ramanathapuram · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 2 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Matara, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Matara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Matara, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Matara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Matara, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Matara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 2 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nagapattinam, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Nagapattinam · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- 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
- Conflict
Military force used in Nagapattinam, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Nagapattinam · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ramanathapuram, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Ramanathapuram · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nagapattinam, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Nagapattinam · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Mass violence in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 4 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- 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
- Conflict
Military force used in Matara, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Matara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Matara, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Matara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 2 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 2 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 2 · Batticaloa · 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.