Risk events in United States, May 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.
34725 events were recorded: 5 earthquakes, 93 disaster alerts, 30995 conflict events, and 3632 unrest events.
34725 eventsSources: gdelt
34725 events· United States
Conflict
- Earthquake
- 5
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 93
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 30,995
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 3,632
- 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | 1 | 4 | 1205 | 180 | 0 | 259 |
| 2026-05-02 | 0 | 2 | 720 | 169 | 0 | 355 |
| 2026-05-03 | 0 | 1 | 589 | 79 | 0 | 759 |
| 2026-05-04 | 0 | 3 | 1000 | 148 | 0 | 476 |
| 2026-05-05 | 0 | 3 | 1250 | 155 | 0 | 281 |
| 2026-05-06 | 0 | 1 | 1363 | 172 | 0 | 198 |
| 2026-05-07 | 0 | 2 | 1195 | 155 | 0 | 551 |
| 2026-05-08 | 0 | 1 | 1213 | 150 | 0 | 591 |
| 2026-05-09 | 0 | 1 | 742 | 63 | 0 | 541 |
| 2026-05-10 | 1 | 2 | 556 | 42 | 0 | 477 |
| 2026-05-11 | 0 | 5 | 1090 | 106 | 0 | 458 |
| 2026-05-12 | 0 | 1 | 1209 | 126 | 0 | 661 |
| 2026-05-13 | 0 | 6 | 1229 | 119 | 0 | 680 |
| 2026-05-14 | 0 | 8 | 1252 | 139 | 0 | 767 |
| 2026-05-15 | 0 | 6 | 1193 | 118 | 0 | 808 |
| 2026-05-16 | 0 | 5 | 775 | 80 | 0 | 711 |
| 2026-05-17 | 0 | 5 | 577 | 59 | 0 | 595 |
| 2026-05-18 | 0 | 6 | 1162 | 102 | 0 | 837 |
| 2026-05-19 | 1 | 9 | 1412 | 134 | 0 | 717 |
| 2026-05-20 | 0 | 3 | 1268 | 149 | 0 | 450 |
| 2026-05-21 | 0 | 1 | 1212 | 133 | 0 | 290 |
| 2026-05-22 | 0 | 1 | 1111 | 127 | 0 | 390 |
| 2026-05-23 | 2 | 7 | 705 | 64 | 0 | 442 |
| 2026-05-24 | 0 | 0 | 657 | 59 | 0 | 555 |
| 2026-05-25 | 0 | 6 | 705 | 83 | 0 | 604 |
| 2026-05-26 | 0 | 1 | 1151 | 138 | 0 | 367 |
| 2026-05-27 | 0 | 0 | 1186 | 144 | 0 | 453 |
| 2026-05-28 | 0 | 1 | 1017 | 126 | 0 | 612 |
| 2026-05-29 | 0 | 0 | 1042 | 138 | 0 | 544 |
| 2026-05-30 | 0 | 2 | 599 | 81 | 0 | 405 |
| 2026-05-31 | 0 | 0 | 610 | 94 | 0 | 598 |
Events
What is happening now
34725 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Roanoke, United States
Severity 3 · Roanoke · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · Richmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Palm Desert, United States
Severity 3 · Palm Desert · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · Glendale · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Fairfield, United States
Severity 3 · Fairfield · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · Hanford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbia, United States
Severity 3 · Columbia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Minneapolis, United States
Severity 3 · Minneapolis · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Baton Rouge, United States
Severity 2 · Baton Rouge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Baton Rouge, United States
Severity 2 · Baton Rouge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Seattle, United States
Severity 2 · Seattle · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in New Haven, United States
Severity 3 · New Haven · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Maple Grove, United States
Severity 3 · Maple Grove · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Roanoke, United States
Severity 3 · Roanoke · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Fairfield, United States
Severity 3 · Fairfield · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Vacaville, United States
Severity 3 · Vacaville · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Smyrna, United States
Severity 3 · Smyrna · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Silver Spring, United States
Severity 3 · Silver Spring · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Framingham, United States
Severity 3 · Framingham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Roanoke, United States
Severity 3 · Roanoke · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Worcester, United States
Severity 3 · Worcester · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · Richmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lexington-Fayette, United States
Severity 3 · Lexington-Fayette · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ogden, United States
Severity 2 · Ogden · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Columbia, United States
Severity 2 · Columbia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Baton Rouge, United States
Severity 3 · Baton Rouge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Huntington Park, United States
Severity 3 · Huntington Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pearland, United States
Severity 3 · Pearland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Silver Spring, United States
Severity 3 · Silver Spring · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Indianapolis, United States
Severity 3 · Indianapolis · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Orem, United States
Severity 3 · Orem · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Concord, United States
Severity 3 · Concord · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Palm Coast, United States
Severity 3 · Palm Coast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hartford, United States
Severity 3 · Hartford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Concord, United States
Severity 3 · Concord · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Framingham, United States
Severity 3 · Framingham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Washington, United States
Severity 2 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Louisville, United States
Severity 3 · Louisville · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Southaven, United States
Severity 3 · Southaven · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Murfreesboro, United States
Severity 3 · Murfreesboro · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yakima, United States
Severity 3 · Yakima · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in New Orleans, United States
Severity 3 · New Orleans · 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.