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.
19978 events were recorded: 2 earthquakes, 126 disaster alerts, 18202 conflict events, and 1648 unrest events.
19978 eventsSources: gdelt
19978 events· United States
Conflict
- Earthquake
- 2
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 126
- 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
19978 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Lexington-Fayette, United States
Severity 3 · Lexington-Fayette · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Grand Island, United States
Severity 2 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Saint Joseph, United States
Severity 3 · Saint Joseph · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Macon, United States
Severity 3 · Macon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in High Point, United States
Severity 3 · High Point · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Jonesboro, United States
Severity 3 · Jonesboro · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Conway, United States
Severity 3 · Conway · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Rochester, United States
Severity 3 · Rochester · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harrisburg, United States
Severity 3 · Harrisburg · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakewood, United States
Severity 3 · Lakewood · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Colorado Springs, United States
Severity 3 · Colorado Springs · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Washington, United States
Severity 2 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Murfreesboro, United States
Severity 3 · Murfreesboro · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Reston, United States
Severity 3 · Reston · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Antonio, United States
Severity 3 · San Antonio · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in High Point, United States
Severity 3 · High Point · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lowell, United States
Severity 3 · Lowell · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Warner Robins, United States
Severity 3 · Warner Robins · 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
Assault in Sugar Land, United States
Severity 2 · Sugar Land · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in West New York, United States
Severity 3 · West New York · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Greenwood, United States
Severity 3 · Greenwood · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Macon, United States
Severity 3 · Macon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Athens, United States
Severity 3 · Athens · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Grand Island, United States
Severity 2 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · Columbus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sparks, United States
Severity 3 · Sparks · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Smyrna, United States
Severity 3 · Smyrna · 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 Kansas City, United States
Severity 3 · Kansas City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Paradise, United States
Severity 3 · Paradise · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · Hanford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Temecula, United States
Severity 3 · Temecula · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tecate, United States
Severity 3 · Tecate · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Anchorage, United States
Severity 3 · Anchorage · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · Glendale · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Baltimore, United States
Severity 2 · Baltimore · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · Hanford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Concord, United States
Severity 2 · Concord · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Orem, United States
Severity 3 · Orem · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Baltimore, United States
Severity 3 · Baltimore · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Silver Spring, United States
Severity 3 · Silver Spring · 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.