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.
19979 events were recorded: 2 earthquakes, 126 disaster alerts, 18202 conflict events, and 1648 unrest events.
19979 eventsSources: gdelt
19979 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
19979 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Silver Spring, United States
Severity 3 · Silver Spring · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Concord, United States
Severity 3 · Concord · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Jacksonville, United States
Severity 3 · Jacksonville · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gary, United States
Severity 3 · Gary · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Warwick, United States
Severity 3 · Warwick · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · Richmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ames, United States
Severity 3 · Ames · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Des Moines, United States
Severity 3 · Des Moines · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Huntington Park, United States
Severity 3 · Huntington Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Des Moines, United States
Severity 2 · Des Moines · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ankeny, United States
Severity 2 · Ankeny · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Anchorage, United States
Severity 3 · Anchorage · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Greenville, United States
Severity 3 · Greenville · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pasadena, United States
Severity 3 · Pasadena · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbia, United States
Severity 3 · Columbia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gresham, United States
Severity 3 · Gresham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Portland, United States
Severity 3 · Portland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Washington, United States
Severity 4 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Billings, United States
Severity 3 · Billings · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Casper, United States
Severity 3 · Casper · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Anchorage, United States
Severity 3 · Anchorage · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Portland, United States
Severity 3 · Portland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Highland, United States
Severity 2 · Highland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Murfreesboro, United States
Severity 3 · Murfreesboro · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Youngstown, United States
Severity 3 · Youngstown · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Albuquerque, United States
Severity 3 · Albuquerque · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Santa Fe, United States
Severity 3 · Santa Fe · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbia, United States
Severity 3 · Columbia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Queens County, United States
Severity 3 · Queens County · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Orem, United States
Severity 3 · Orem · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Santa Fe, United States
Severity 3 · Santa Fe · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Salt Lake City, United States
Severity 3 · Salt Lake City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Santa Fe, United States
Severity 3 · Santa Fe · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Casper, United States
Severity 2 · Casper · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Independence, United States
Severity 3 · Independence · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pasadena, United States
Severity 3 · Pasadena · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Boca Raton, United States
Severity 2 · Boca Raton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harrisburg, United States
Severity 3 · Harrisburg · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Anchorage, United States
Severity 3 · Anchorage · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Macon, United States
Severity 3 · Macon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Washington, United States
Severity 2 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in La Mesa, United States
Severity 3 · La Mesa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Youngstown, United States
Severity 3 · Youngstown · 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.