Risk events in Mexico, 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.
406 events were recorded: 1 earthquake, 371 conflict events, and 34 unrest events.
406 eventsSources: gdelt · usgs
406 events· Mexico
ConflictUnrestEarthquake
- Earthquake
- 1
- 1 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 371
- 42 in the list
- Unrest
- 34
- 7 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is moving
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 444 |
| 2026-08-02 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 366 |
| 2026-08-03 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-04 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 304 |
| 2026-08-05 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 334 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 122 |
| 2026-08-07 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 84 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 206 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 181 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 379 |
| 2026-08-11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 162 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 224 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 433 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 378 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 389 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 287 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 273 |
| 2026-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 399 |
| 2026-08-19 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 258 |
| 2026-08-20 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 352 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 259 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 238 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 258 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 407 |
| 2026-08-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 497 |
| 2026-08-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 464 |
| 2026-08-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 289 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 208 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 441 |
Events
What is happening now
406 events · newest first
- Conflict
Assault in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 2 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tehuacan, Mexico
Severity 3 · Tehuacan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Manzanillo, Mexico
Severity 3 · Manzanillo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico
Severity 3 · Cuauhtémoc · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Monterrey, Mexico
Severity 3 · Monterrey · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M4.6 — 28 km NE of Niños Héroes, Mexico
M4.6 · Las Choapas, Veracruz · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Chula Vista, Mexico
Severity 3 · Chula Vista · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Piedras Negras, Mexico
Severity 3 · Piedras Negras · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cárdenas, Mexico
Severity 3 · Cárdenas · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cadereyta Jiménez, Nuevo León, Mexico
Severity 3 · Cadereyta Jiménez, Nuevo León · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Linares, Mexico
Severity 3 · Linares · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico
Severity 3 · San Luis Rio Colorado · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in La Piedad, Mexico
Severity 3 · La Piedad · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Taxco, Mexico
Severity 3 · Taxco · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 2 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Morelia, Mexico
Severity 3 · Morelia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 4 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cárdenas, Mexico
Severity 3 · Cárdenas · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Campeche, Mexico
Severity 3 · Campeche · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kanasín, Mexico
Severity 3 · Kanasín · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico
Severity 4 · Cuauhtémoc · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico
Severity 3 · Cuauhtémoc · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 2 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 2 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oaxaca, Mexico
Severity 3 · Oaxaca · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Aguascalientes, Mexico
Severity 3 · Aguascalientes · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Morelia, Mexico
Severity 3 · Morelia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico
Severity 3 · Cuauhtémoc · 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.