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 Paradise, United States
Severity 3 · Paradise · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Memphis, United States
Severity 3 · Memphis · 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 Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in High Point, United States
Severity 3 · High Point · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Jersey City, United States
Severity 3 · Jersey City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Queens County, United States
Severity 3 · Queens County · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dallas, United States
Severity 3 · Dallas · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pocatello, United States
Severity 3 · Pocatello · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Washington, United States
Severity 2 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Killeen, United States
Severity 2 · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Boca Raton, United States
Severity 3 · Boca Raton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Allentown, United States
Severity 2 · Allentown · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Antonio, United States
Severity 3 · San Antonio · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sioux Falls, United States
Severity 3 · Sioux Falls · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ames, United States
Severity 3 · Ames · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Silver Spring, United States
Severity 3 · Silver Spring · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Queens County, United States
Severity 3 · Queens County · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in New Bedford, United States
Severity 3 · New Bedford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Spokane, United States
Severity 3 · Spokane · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Concord, United States
Severity 3 · Concord · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Washington, United States
Severity 2 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sacramento, United States
Severity 3 · Sacramento · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gaithersburg, United States
Severity 3 · Gaithersburg · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Corvallis, United States
Severity 2 · Corvallis · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Framingham, United States
Severity 3 · Framingham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Grand Island, United States
Severity 4 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hempstead, United States
Severity 3 · Hempstead · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harrisburg, United States
Severity 3 · Harrisburg · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in High Point, United States
Severity 3 · High Point · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · Columbus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · Hanford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Oak Park, United States
Severity 2 · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Queens County, United States
Severity 3 · Queens County · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Cape Coral, United States
Severity 2 · Cape Coral · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Burlington, United States
Severity 2 · Burlington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Burlington, United States
Severity 3 · Burlington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Concord, United States
Severity 3 · Concord · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Jackson, United States
Severity 3 · Jackson · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Waldorf, United States
Severity 3 · Waldorf · 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.