Risk events in North America, May 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.
32516 events were recorded: 4 earthquakes, 28223 conflict events, and 4289 unrest events.
32516 eventsSources: gdelt · ucdp
32516 events· North America
ConflictUnrest
- United States: 28551
- Canada: 1966
- Cuba: 628
- Mexico: 610
- Jamaica: 137
- Earthquake
- 4
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 28,223
- 37 in the list
- Unrest
- 4,289
- 13 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
32516 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Denver, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Denver · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seattle, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Seattle · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Roanoke, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Roanoke · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Winston-Salem, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Winston-Salem · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Richmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in High Point, United States
Severity 3 · United States · High Point · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Silver Spring, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Silver Spring · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Saint Cloud, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Saint Cloud · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cleveland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Cleveland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Trenton, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Trenton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pawtucket, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pawtucket · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Trenton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Trenton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Greenwood, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Greenwood · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Framingham, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Framingham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Heroica Guaymas, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · Heroica Guaymas · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Roanoke, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Roanoke · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Minneapolis, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Minneapolis · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Minneapolis, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Minneapolis · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Cuautitlan Izcalli, Mexico
1 fatality · Mexico · Cuautitlan Izcalli · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Chula Vista, Mexico
2 fatalities · Mexico · Chula Vista · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Chula Vista, Mexico
1 fatality · Mexico · Chula Vista · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Chula Vista, Mexico
1 fatality · Mexico · Chula Vista · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Chula Vista, Mexico
2 fatalities · Mexico · Chula Vista · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Stockton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Stockton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pearland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pearland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Great Falls, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Great Falls · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Trenton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Trenton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Framingham, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Framingham · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hanford · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kingston, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Kingston · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in East Orange, United States
Severity 3 · United States · East Orange · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Trenton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Trenton · 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.