Current risks in North America
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.
1,772 unrest events, 0 earthquakes, 0 conflict events, and 0 travel advisory changes are active.
1772 eventsSources: gdelt
1772 events· North AmericaFire activity within the 30-day mean
Unrest
- United States: 13803
- Canada: 1079
- Mexico: 306
- Cuba: 112
- Jamaica: 60
Totals for North America, last 30 days
- Earthquake
- 1
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 13,983
- 0 in the list
- Unrest
- 1,665
- 1,772 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is developing in North America
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type in North America
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day in North America
Last 30 days · fire hotspots as line
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | 0 | 0 | 1012 | 129 | 0 | 9772 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 1027 | 133 | 0 | 13970 |
| 2026-08-07 | 0 | 0 | 852 | 113 | 0 | 6990 |
| 2026-08-08 | 1 | 0 | 648 | 70 | 0 | 13328 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 0 | 448 | 58 | 0 | 9527 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 767 | 74 | 0 | 8399 |
| 2026-08-11 | 0 | 0 | 964 | 132 | 0 | 4502 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 1129 | 101 | 0 | 4681 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 1150 | 119 | 0 | 4096 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 1001 | 126 | 0 | 3351 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 711 | 60 | 0 | 3855 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 521 | 51 | 0 | 2923 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 908 | 91 | 0 | 3836 |
| 2026-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 1010 | 137 | 0 | 4467 |
| 2026-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 931 | 157 | 0 | 6770 |
| 2026-08-20 | 0 | 0 | 904 | 114 | 0 | 7365 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6641 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6019 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4897 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5652 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7994 |
| 2026-08-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7927 |
| 2026-08-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15727 |
| 2026-08-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2693 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2173 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2737 |
| 2026-09-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3090 |
| 2026-09-02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2184 |
| 2026-09-03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Events
What is happening in North America
1772 events · newest first
- Unrest
Demonstration in League City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · League City · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Anchorage, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Anchorage · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in O'Fallon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · O'Fallon · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in O'Fallon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · O'Fallon · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Oakland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oakland · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hanford · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Trenton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Trenton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Minneapolis, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Minneapolis · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Saint Cloud, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Saint Cloud · Source: gdelt
Geography
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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