Risk events in Sri Lanka, July 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.
355 events were recorded: 296 conflict events and 59 unrest events.
355 eventsSources: gdelt
355 events· Sri Lanka
Conflict
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 296
- 5 in the list
- Unrest
- 59
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
355 events · newest first
- 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 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Severity 2 · Colombo · 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
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.