Risk events in United Kingdom, 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.
2229 events were recorded: 1992 conflict events and 237 unrest events.
2229 eventsSources: gdelt
2229 events· United Kingdom
Conflict
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 1,992
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 237
- 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 49 |
| 2026-08-02 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 2026-08-03 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-04 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-05 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 17 | 0 | 21 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 16 | 0 | 36 |
| 2026-08-07 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 9 | 0 | 25 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 12 | 0 | 33 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 9 | 0 | 88 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 19 | 0 | 99 |
| 2026-08-11 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 14 | 0 | 133 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 20 | 0 | 231 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 9 | 0 | 342 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 13 | 0 | 71 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 7 | 0 | 108 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 12 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 11 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026-08-20 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 14 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| 2026-08-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2026-08-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2026-08-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Events
What is happening now
2229 events · newest first
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Brighton, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · Brighton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Brighton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Brighton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Exeter, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Exeter · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kettering, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Kettering · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nottingham, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Nottingham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Brighton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Brighton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Manchester, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Manchester · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gloucester, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Gloucester · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Weymouth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Weymouth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Brighton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Brighton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Bournemouth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Oxford, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Oxford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kettering, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Kettering · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Bexley, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Bexley · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Swansea, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Swansea · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Bedford, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Bedford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Salford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Salford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oxford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Oxford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · 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.