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
Military force used in Macon, United States
Severity 3 · Macon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sterling Heights, United States
Severity 3 · Sterling Heights · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Casper, United States
Severity 3 · Casper · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harrisburg, United States
Severity 3 · Harrisburg · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Astoria, United States
Severity 2 · Astoria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Normal, United States
Severity 2 · Normal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Queens County, United States
Severity 3 · Queens County · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Huntington Park, United States
Severity 3 · Huntington Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Bend, United States
Severity 2 · Bend · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Columbus, United States
Severity 2 · Columbus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Casper, United States
Severity 3 · Casper · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Palmdale, United States
Severity 3 · Palmdale · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Colton, United States
Severity 3 · Colton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Queens County, United States
Severity 3 · Queens County · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in High Point, United States
Severity 3 · High Point · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Paradise, United States
Severity 3 · Paradise · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Normal, United States
Severity 2 · Normal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Salt Lake City, United States
Severity 3 · Salt Lake City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pocatello, United States
Severity 3 · Pocatello · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ames, United States
Severity 3 · Ames · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Paradise, United States
Severity 3 · Paradise · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Orlando, United States
Severity 3 · Orlando · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Youngstown, United States
Severity 3 · Youngstown · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Greensboro, United States
Severity 3 · Greensboro · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · Columbus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in O'Fallon, United States
Severity 3 · O'Fallon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in O'Fallon, United States
Severity 3 · O'Fallon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oshkosh, United States
Severity 3 · Oshkosh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Chapel Hill, United States
Severity 3 · Chapel Hill · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Smyrna, United States
Severity 3 · Smyrna · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pocatello, United States
Severity 3 · Pocatello · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Portland, United States
Severity 3 · Portland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Baytown, United States
Severity 3 · Baytown · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sacramento, United States
Severity 3 · Sacramento · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Grand Island, United States
Severity 2 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Detroit, United States
Severity 3 · Detroit · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbia, United States
Severity 3 · Columbia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in United States
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Fort Smith, United States
Severity 3 · Fort Smith · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Conway, United States
Severity 3 · Conway · 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.