Risk events in United States, 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.
20358 events were recorded: 2 earthquakes, 127 disaster alerts, 18202 conflict events, and 1648 unrest events.
20358 eventsSources: gdelt
20358 events· United States
Conflict
- Earthquake
- 2
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 127
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 18,202
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 1,648
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
20358 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Fort Worth, United States
Severity 3 · Fort Worth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in La Mesa, United States
Severity 3 · La Mesa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Washington, United States
Severity 2 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · Richmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Alpharetta, United States
Severity 3 · Alpharetta · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Macon, United States
Severity 3 · Macon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lexington-Fayette, United States
Severity 3 · Lexington-Fayette · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Atlanta, United States
Severity 3 · Atlanta · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Camden, United States
Severity 3 · Camden · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Edmond, United States
Severity 3 · Edmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Anchorage, United States
Severity 3 · Anchorage · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Renton, United States
Severity 3 · Renton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Smyrna, United States
Severity 3 · Smyrna · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Wilmington, United States
Severity 3 · Wilmington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Worcester, United States
Severity 2 · Worcester · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lowell, United States
Severity 2 · Lowell · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Cambridge, United States
Severity 2 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Framingham, United States
Severity 2 · Framingham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Carson City, United States
Severity 3 · Carson City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · Richmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Carson City, United States
Severity 3 · Carson City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Atlanta, United States
Severity 3 · Atlanta · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Trenton, United States
Severity 3 · Trenton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oshkosh, United States
Severity 3 · Oshkosh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Paradise, United States
Severity 3 · Paradise · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Chattanooga, United States
Severity 3 · Chattanooga · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tempe, United States
Severity 3 · Tempe · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Manhattan, United States
Severity 3 · Manhattan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Huntington Park, United States
Severity 3 · Huntington Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Cambridge, United States
Severity 2 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Durham, United States
Severity 3 · Durham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · Richmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · Richmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Saint Cloud, United States
Severity 3 · Saint Cloud · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lexington-Fayette, United States
Severity 3 · Lexington-Fayette · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Manhattan, United States
Severity 3 · Manhattan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · Glendale · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oshkosh, United States
Severity 3 · Oshkosh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Grand Island, United States
Severity 2 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lexington-Fayette, United States
Severity 3 · Lexington-Fayette · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Baton Rouge, United States
Severity 3 · Baton Rouge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Manhattan, United States
Severity 2 · Manhattan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in El Paso, United States
Severity 3 · El Paso · 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.