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
- 16 in the list
- Unrest
- 1,966
- 34 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
19115 events · newest first
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Pittsburgh, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pittsburgh · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · Cuauhtémoc · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Stockton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Stockton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hanford · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Jersey City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Jersey City · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hanford · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Normal, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Normal · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Civil unrest in Conway, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Conway · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Dayton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Dayton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbus · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Bronx, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bronx · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Atlanta, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Atlanta · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Macon, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Macon · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · 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
- Unrest
Strike in North Vancouver, Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · North Vancouver · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Greenwood, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Greenwood · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Queens County, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Queens County · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Boise, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Boise · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Fargo, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Fargo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Irving, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Irving · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Richmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Baton Rouge, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Baton Rouge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Montego Bay, Jamaica
Severity 3 · Jamaica · Montego Bay · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Montego Bay, Jamaica
Severity 3 · Jamaica · Montego Bay · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Framingham, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Framingham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Colorado Springs, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Colorado Springs · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pomona, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pomona · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Chino Hills, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Chino Hills · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Great Falls, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Great Falls · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bend, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bend · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Montego Bay, Jamaica
Severity 3 · Jamaica · Montego Bay · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cary, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Cary · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Philadelphia, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Philadelphia · 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.