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.
20363 events were recorded: 3 earthquakes, 127 disaster alerts, 18202 conflict events, and 1648 unrest events.
20363 eventsSources: gdelt
20363 events· United States
Conflict
- Earthquake
- 3
- 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
20363 events · newest first
- Conflict
Assault in Saint Cloud, United States
Severity 2 · Saint Cloud · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Orem, United States
Severity 2 · Orem · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Colorado Springs, United States
Severity 3 · Colorado Springs · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Paradise, United States
Severity 3 · Paradise · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Oak Lawn, United States
Severity 4 · Oak Lawn · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Renton, United States
Severity 3 · Renton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Manhattan, United States
Severity 3 · Manhattan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Daly City, United States
Severity 3 · Daly City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Chicago, United States
Severity 3 · Chicago · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oshkosh, United States
Severity 3 · Oshkosh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in La Mesa, United States
Severity 3 · La Mesa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in United States
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Middletown, United States
Severity 3 · Middletown · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hartford, United States
Severity 3 · Hartford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Waterbury, United States
Severity 3 · Waterbury · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hartford, United States
Severity 3 · Hartford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbia, United States
Severity 3 · Columbia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Camden, United States
Severity 3 · Camden · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Indianapolis, United States
Severity 3 · Indianapolis · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Edmond, United States
Severity 3 · Edmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Roanoke, United States
Severity 3 · Roanoke · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harrisburg, United States
Severity 3 · Harrisburg · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Richmond, United States
Severity 2 · Richmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Smyrna, United States
Severity 2 · Smyrna · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Columbia, United States
Severity 2 · Columbia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Oak Park, United States
Severity 2 · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Logan, United States
Severity 3 · Logan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · Columbus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Des Moines, United States
Severity 3 · Des Moines · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lexington-Fayette, United States
Severity 3 · Lexington-Fayette · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Chicago, United States
Severity 2 · Chicago · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Atlanta, United States
Severity 3 · Atlanta · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Porterville, United States
Severity 3 · Porterville · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · Hanford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Macon, United States
Severity 3 · Macon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · Glendale · 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.