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 Normal, United States
Severity 2 · Normal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Renton, United States
Severity 2 · Renton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Highland, United States
Severity 2 · Highland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Framingham, United States
Severity 3 · Framingham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Boise, United States
Severity 2 · Boise · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Nashua, United States
Severity 2 · Nashua · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in New Bedford, United States
Severity 2 · New Bedford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harrisburg, United States
Severity 3 · Harrisburg · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Joliet, United States
Severity 3 · Joliet · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in High Point, United States
Severity 3 · High Point · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Columbus, United States
Severity 2 · Columbus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Colorado Springs, United States
Severity 3 · Colorado Springs · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Madison, United States
Severity 3 · Madison · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Queens County, United States
Severity 3 · Queens County · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Madison, United States
Severity 3 · Madison · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Memphis, United States
Severity 3 · Memphis · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Baton Rouge, United States
Severity 3 · Baton Rouge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in O'Fallon, United States
Severity 3 · O'Fallon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in La Mesa, United States
Severity 3 · La Mesa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oshkosh, United States
Severity 3 · Oshkosh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Astoria, United States
Severity 3 · Astoria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Evansville, United States
Severity 3 · Evansville · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Detroit, United States
Severity 3 · Detroit · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Silver Spring, United States
Severity 3 · Silver Spring · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Renton, United States
Severity 3 · Renton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Martial law in Albuquerque, United States
Severity 3 · Albuquerque · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Paradise, United States
Severity 3 · Paradise · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lethbridge, AB, United States
Severity 3 · Lethbridge, AB · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bend, United States
Severity 3 · Bend · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bend, United States
Severity 3 · Bend · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Edmond, United States
Severity 2 · Edmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Franklin, United States
Severity 3 · Franklin · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Albuquerque, United States
Severity 3 · Albuquerque · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · Glendale · 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 Miami, United States
Severity 3 · Miami · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Wichita, United States
Severity 2 · Wichita · 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.