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
Events
What is happening now
2229 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lowestoft · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oxford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Oxford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Royal Leamington Spa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Rotherham, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Rotherham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Reading, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Reading · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Sutton, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Sutton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Aberdeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Reading, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Reading · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Southampton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Southampton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · 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 Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Swansea, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Swansea · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Rotherham, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Rotherham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Rotherham, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Rotherham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Woking, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Woking · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Salford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Salford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Burton-on-Trent, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Burton-on-Trent · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Swindon, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Swindon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mansfield, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Mansfield · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Exeter, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Exeter · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dudley, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Dudley · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bexley, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Bexley · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Edinburgh · 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 Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Newport, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Newport · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in York, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · York · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Rotherham, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Rotherham · 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.