Risk events in Greenland, 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.

26 events were recorded: 21 conflict events and 5 unrest events.

26 eventsSources: gdelt

26 events· Greenland

ConflictUnrest

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Earthquake
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Disaster
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Conflict
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21 in the list
Unrest
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5 in the list
Advisory
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Signal

How the picture is moving

Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days

Events by type

Against the 90-day baseline

Earthquake
90-day baseline: 0
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Disaster
90-day baseline: 0
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Conflict
90-day baseline: 31.7
21
Unrest
90-day baseline: 3.4
5
Advisory
90-day baseline: 0
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Events per day

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Events per bucket and type (data behind the chart)
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Events

What is happening now

26 events · newest first

  1. Conflict

    Military force used in Greenland

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  2. Conflict

    Military force used in Greenland

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  3. Conflict

    Military force used in Greenland

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  4. Conflict

    Military force used in Greenland

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  5. Conflict

    Military force used in Greenland

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  6. Conflict

    Military force used in Greenland

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  7. Conflict

    Military force used in Greenland

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  8. Conflict

    Military force used in Greenland

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  9. Conflict

    Military force used in Greenland

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  10. Conflict

    Military force used in Greenland

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  11. Unrest

    Demonstration in Greenland

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  12. Unrest

    Demonstration in Greenland

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  13. Conflict

    Military force used in Greenland

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  14. Unrest

    Demonstration in Greenland

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  15. Conflict

    Assault in Greenland

    Severity 2 · Source: gdelt

  16. Unrest

    Demonstration in Greenland

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  17. Conflict

    Military force used in Greenland

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  18. Conflict

    Military force used in Greenland

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  19. Conflict

    Military force used in Greenland

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  20. Unrest

    Demonstration in Greenland

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  21. Conflict

    Assault in Greenland

    Severity 2 · Source: gdelt

  22. Conflict

    Military force used in Greenland

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  23. Conflict

    Military force used in Greenland

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  24. Conflict

    Military force used in Greenland

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  25. Conflict

    Military force used in Greenland

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  26. Conflict

    Military force used in Greenland

    Severity 3 · 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.