Current risks in United Kingdom

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.

215 unrest events, 0 earthquakes, 0 conflict events, and 0 travel advisory changes are active.

215 eventsSources: gdelt

215 events· United KingdomFire activity within the 30-day mean

Unrest

World map of risk events0 countries with events, 10 events plottedDemonstration in United Kingdom · United Kingdom · 20 Aug 2026Strike in Dunfermline, United Kingdom · United Kingdom · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Carlisle, United Kingdom · United Kingdom · 20 Aug 2026Strike in Belfast, United Kingdom · United Kingdom · 20 Aug 2026Civil unrest in Dunfermline, United Kingdom · United Kingdom · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Lambeth, United Kingdom · United Kingdom · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Brighton, United Kingdom · United Kingdom · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Lambeth, United Kingdom · United Kingdom · 20 Aug 2026Strike in Edinburgh, United Kingdom · United Kingdom · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Cambridge, United Kingdom · United Kingdom · 20 Aug 2026

Totals for United Kingdom, last 30 days

Earthquake
0
0 in the list
Disaster
0
0 in the list
Conflict
1,699
0 in the list
Unrest
206
215 in the list
Advisory
0
0 in the list

Signal

How the picture is developing in United Kingdom

Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days

Events by type in United Kingdom

Against the 90-day baseline

Earthquake
90-day baseline: 0
0
Disaster
90-day baseline: 0
0
Conflict
90-day baseline: 2,932.7
1,699
Unrest
90-day baseline: 423.7
206
Advisory
90-day baseline: 0
0

Events per day in United Kingdom

Last 30 days · fire hotspots as line

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Events per bucket and type (data behind the chart)
DateEarthquakeDisasterConflictUnrestAdvisoryFire hotspots
2026-08-050010117021
2026-08-060011416036
2026-08-0700909025
2026-08-08009812033
2026-08-0900719088
2026-08-100010819099
2026-08-1100109140133
2026-08-1200119200231
2026-08-130012790342
2026-08-140013113071
2026-08-15008270108
2026-08-1600757016
2026-08-17001141207
2026-08-18001081701
2026-08-19001131108
2026-08-20001391406
2026-08-210000019
2026-08-220000051
2026-08-230000018
2026-08-240000046
2026-08-250000052
2026-08-260000012
2026-08-270000015
2026-08-280000040
2026-08-29000000
2026-08-30000003
2026-08-31000006
2026-09-010000022
2026-09-02000009
2026-09-03000000

Events

What is happening in United Kingdom

215 events · newest first

  1. Unrest

    Demonstration in United Kingdom

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  2. Unrest

    Strike in Dunfermline, United Kingdom

    Severity 3 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt

  3. Unrest

    Demonstration in Carlisle, United Kingdom

    Severity 3 · Carlisle · Source: gdelt

  4. Unrest

    Strike in Belfast, United Kingdom

    Severity 3 · Belfast · Source: gdelt

  5. Unrest

    Civil unrest in Dunfermline, United Kingdom

    Severity 4 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt

  6. Unrest

    Demonstration in Lambeth, United Kingdom

    Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt

  7. Unrest

    Demonstration in Brighton, United Kingdom

    Severity 3 · Brighton · Source: gdelt

  8. Unrest

    Demonstration in Lambeth, United Kingdom

    Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt

  9. Unrest

    Strike in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Severity 3 · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt

  10. Unrest

    Demonstration in Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Severity 3 · Cambridge · 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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