Risk events in North America, 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.
19115 events were recorded: 1 earthquake, 16709 conflict events, and 1966 unrest events.
19115 eventsSources: gdelt
19115 events· North America
ConflictUnrest
- United States: 16535
- Canada: 1238
- Mexico: 358
- Cuba: 140
- Jamaica: 72
- Earthquake
- 1
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 16,709
- 9 in the list
- Unrest
- 1,966
- 41 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
19115 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Fort-de-france, Martinique
Severity 3 · Martinique · Fort-de-france · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Orem, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Orem · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Murfreesboro, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Murfreesboro · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Baltimore, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Baltimore · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Greenwood, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Greenwood · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Fresno, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Fresno · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Strike in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Scranton, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in North Vancouver, Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · North Vancouver · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Jersey City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Jersey City · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Cienfuegos, Cuba
Severity 3 · Cuba · Cienfuegos · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Santa Clara, Cuba
Severity 3 · Cuba · Santa Clara · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Strike in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Huntington Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Huntington Park · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Berkeley, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Berkeley · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Queens County, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Queens County · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Severity 3 · Puerto Rico · Guaynabo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Milwaukee, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Milwaukee · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Oshkosh, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oshkosh · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Detroit, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Detroit · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Royal Oak, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Royal Oak · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Indianapolis, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Indianapolis · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbus · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Normal, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Normal · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Queens County, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Queens County · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Huntington Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Huntington Park · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Cambridge, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Honolulu, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Honolulu · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Orem, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Orem · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hanford · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Port of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago
Severity 3 · Trinidad And Tobago · Port of Spain · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Carson, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Carson · 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 Saint Cloud, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Saint Cloud · 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.