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

Unrest

Events per country this monthfewermore

Earthquake: 1; 0 in the list
Disaster: 0; 0 in the list
Conflict: 16,709; 0 in the list
Unrest: 1,966; 15 in the list
Advisory: 0; 0 in the list

Events

What is happening now

19115 events · newest first

Unrest
Demonstration in Fairfield, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Fairfield · Source: gdelt
1 Aug 2026
Unrest
Demonstration in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbus · Source: gdelt
1 Aug 2026
Unrest
Demonstration in Jersey City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Jersey City · Source: gdelt
1 Aug 2026
Unrest
Strike in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
1 Aug 2026
Unrest
Demonstration in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
1 Aug 2026
Unrest
Demonstration in Nuevitas, Cuba
Severity 3 · Cuba · Nuevitas · Source: gdelt
1 Aug 2026
Unrest
Demonstration in Puerto Padre, Cuba
Severity 3 · Cuba · Puerto Padre · Source: gdelt
1 Aug 2026
Unrest
Demonstration in Puerto Padre, Cuba
Severity 3 · Cuba · Puerto Padre · Source: gdelt
1 Aug 2026
Unrest
Demonstration in Havana, Cuba
Severity 3 · Cuba · Havana · Source: gdelt
1 Aug 2026
Unrest
Strike in Syracuse, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Syracuse · Source: gdelt
1 Aug 2026
Unrest
Demonstration in Cambridge, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
1 Aug 2026
Unrest
Demonstration in Port of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago
Severity 3 · Trinidad And Tobago · Port of Spain · Source: gdelt
1 Aug 2026
Unrest
Demonstration in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
1 Aug 2026
Unrest
Demonstration in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hanford · Source: gdelt
1 Aug 2026
Unrest
Demonstration in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
1 Aug 2026

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.