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Risk events in Switzerland, 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.

123 events were recorded: 101 conflict events and 22 unrest events.

123 eventsSources: gdelt

123 events· Switzerland

ConflictUnrest

World map of risk events0 countries with events, 50 events plottedMilitary force used in Lugano, Switzerland · Switzerland · 20 Aug 2026Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland · Switzerland · 20 Aug 2026Military force used in Bern, Switzerland · Switzerland · 20 Aug 2026Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland · Switzerland · 20 Aug 2026Assault in Lucerne, Switzerland · Switzerland · 20 Aug 2026Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland · Switzerland · 19 Aug 2026Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland · Switzerland · 19 Aug 2026Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland · Switzerland · 19 Aug 2026Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland · Switzerland · 19 Aug 2026Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland · Switzerland · 19 Aug 2026Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland · Switzerland · 18 Aug 2026Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland · Switzerland · 18 Aug 2026Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland · Switzerland · 17 Aug 2026Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland · Switzerland · 17 Aug 2026Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland · Switzerland · 17 Aug 2026Assault in Geneva, Switzerland · Switzerland · 17 Aug 2026Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland · Switzerland · 17 Aug 2026Nuclear alert in Lucerne, Switzerland · Switzerland · 17 Aug 2026Military force used in Lugano, Switzerland · Switzerland · 16 Aug 2026Military force used in Bergamo, Switzerland · Switzerland · 16 Aug 2026Military force used in Bergamo, Switzerland · Switzerland · 16 Aug 2026Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland · Switzerland · 15 Aug 2026Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland · Switzerland · 15 Aug 2026Military force used in Varese, Switzerland · Switzerland · 15 Aug 2026Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland · Switzerland · 15 Aug 2026Assault in Geneva, Switzerland · Switzerland · 15 Aug 2026Military force used in Zurich, Switzerland · Switzerland · 14 Aug 2026Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland · Switzerland · 14 Aug 2026Nuclear alert in Bern, Switzerland · Switzerland · 14 Aug 2026Assault in Geneva, Switzerland · Switzerland · 14 Aug 2026Assault in Geneva, Switzerland · Switzerland · 14 Aug 2026Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland · Switzerland · 14 Aug 2026Military force used in Bern, Switzerland · Switzerland · 14 Aug 2026Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland · Switzerland · 14 Aug 2026Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland · Switzerland · 14 Aug 2026Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland · Switzerland · 13 Aug 2026Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland · Switzerland · 13 Aug 2026Assault in Lucerne, Switzerland · Switzerland · 13 Aug 2026Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland · Switzerland · 13 Aug 2026Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland · Switzerland · 13 Aug 2026Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland · Switzerland · 13 Aug 2026Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland · Switzerland · 13 Aug 2026Demonstration in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland · Switzerland · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Lucerne, Switzerland · Switzerland · 19 Aug 2026Demonstration in Lucerne, Switzerland · Switzerland · 19 Aug 2026Demonstration in Zurich, Switzerland · Switzerland · 18 Aug 2026Demonstration in Zurich, Switzerland · Switzerland · 18 Aug 2026Demonstration in Bern, Switzerland · Switzerland · 17 Aug 2026Demonstration in Geneva, Switzerland · Switzerland · 17 Aug 2026Demonstration in Geneva, Switzerland · Switzerland · 17 Aug 2026
Earthquake
0
0 in the list
Disaster
0
0 in the list
Conflict
101
42 in the list
Unrest
22
8 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

Earthquake
90-day baseline: 0
0
Disaster
90-day baseline: 0
0
Conflict
90-day baseline: 187.7
101
Unrest
90-day baseline: 44.4
22
Advisory
90-day baseline: 0
0

Events per day

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Events per bucket and type (data behind the chart)
DateEarthquakeDisasterConflictUnrestAdvisoryFire hotspots
2026-08-01002002
2026-08-02001004
2026-08-03004000
2026-08-04003100
2026-08-05006100
2026-08-06003303
2026-08-070010004
2026-08-08006100
2026-08-09004100
2026-08-10006201
2026-08-11007001
2026-08-12007302
2026-08-130072010
2026-08-14009004
2026-08-15005002
2026-08-16003001
2026-08-17006301
2026-08-18002200
2026-08-19005205
2026-08-20005103
2026-08-21000000
2026-08-22000003
2026-08-23000003
2026-08-24000002
2026-08-25000001
2026-08-26000004
2026-08-27000002
2026-08-28000000
2026-08-29000000
2026-08-300000010
2026-08-31000001

Events

What is happening now

123 events · newest first

  1. Conflict

    Military force used in Lugano, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Lugano · Source: gdelt

  2. Conflict

    Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Lucerne · Source: gdelt

  3. Conflict

    Military force used in Bern, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Bern · Source: gdelt

  4. Conflict

    Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Lucerne · Source: gdelt

  5. Conflict

    Assault in Lucerne, Switzerland

    Severity 2 · Lucerne · Source: gdelt

  6. Unrest

    Demonstration in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Biel/Bienne · Source: gdelt

  7. Conflict

    Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Lucerne · Source: gdelt

  8. Conflict

    Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Geneva · Source: gdelt

  9. Conflict

    Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Geneva · Source: gdelt

  10. Conflict

    Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Geneva · Source: gdelt

  11. Conflict

    Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Lucerne · Source: gdelt

  12. Unrest

    Demonstration in Lucerne, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Lucerne · Source: gdelt

  13. Unrest

    Demonstration in Lucerne, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Lucerne · Source: gdelt

  14. Conflict

    Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Geneva · Source: gdelt

  15. Conflict

    Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Geneva · Source: gdelt

  16. Unrest

    Demonstration in Zurich, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Zurich · Source: gdelt

  17. Unrest

    Demonstration in Zurich, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Zurich · Source: gdelt

  18. Conflict

    Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Geneva · Source: gdelt

  19. Conflict

    Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Geneva · Source: gdelt

  20. Conflict

    Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Geneva · Source: gdelt

  21. Conflict

    Assault in Geneva, Switzerland

    Severity 2 · Geneva · Source: gdelt

  22. Conflict

    Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Lucerne · Source: gdelt

  23. Conflict

    Nuclear alert in Lucerne, Switzerland

    Severity 4 · Lucerne · Source: gdelt

  24. Unrest

    Demonstration in Bern, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Bern · Source: gdelt

  25. Unrest

    Demonstration in Geneva, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Geneva · Source: gdelt

  26. Unrest

    Demonstration in Geneva, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Geneva · Source: gdelt

  27. Conflict

    Military force used in Lugano, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Lugano · Source: gdelt

  28. Conflict

    Military force used in Bergamo, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Bergamo · Source: gdelt

  29. Conflict

    Military force used in Bergamo, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Bergamo · Source: gdelt

  30. Conflict

    Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Geneva · Source: gdelt

  31. Conflict

    Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Lucerne · Source: gdelt

  32. Conflict

    Military force used in Varese, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Varese · Source: gdelt

  33. Conflict

    Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Lucerne · Source: gdelt

  34. Conflict

    Assault in Geneva, Switzerland

    Severity 2 · Geneva · Source: gdelt

  35. Conflict

    Military force used in Zurich, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Zurich · Source: gdelt

  36. Conflict

    Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Lucerne · Source: gdelt

  37. Conflict

    Nuclear alert in Bern, Switzerland

    Severity 4 · Bern · Source: gdelt

  38. Conflict

    Assault in Geneva, Switzerland

    Severity 2 · Geneva · Source: gdelt

  39. Conflict

    Assault in Geneva, Switzerland

    Severity 2 · Geneva · Source: gdelt

  40. Conflict

    Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Geneva · Source: gdelt

  41. Conflict

    Military force used in Bern, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Bern · Source: gdelt

  42. Conflict

    Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Lucerne · Source: gdelt

  43. Conflict

    Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Geneva · Source: gdelt

  44. Conflict

    Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Lucerne · Source: gdelt

  45. Conflict

    Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Geneva · Source: gdelt

  46. Conflict

    Assault in Lucerne, Switzerland

    Severity 2 · Lucerne · Source: gdelt

  47. Conflict

    Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Lucerne · Source: gdelt

  48. Conflict

    Military force used in Geneva, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Geneva · Source: gdelt

  49. Conflict

    Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Lucerne · Source: gdelt

  50. Conflict

    Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland

    Severity 3 · Lucerne · 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.