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 Grand Island, United States
Severity 2 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Colorado Springs, United States
Severity 3 · Colorado Springs · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oakland, United States
Severity 3 · Oakland · 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 Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · Glendale · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Queens County, United States
Severity 2 · Queens County · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Mass violence in Sterling Heights, United States
Severity 4 · Sterling Heights · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Levittown, United States
Severity 3 · Levittown · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Spokane, United States
Severity 3 · Spokane · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Portsmouth, United States
Severity 3 · Portsmouth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lakeland, United States
Severity 2 · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Camden, United States
Severity 3 · Camden · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in East Orange, United States
Severity 3 · East Orange · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tampa, United States
Severity 3 · Tampa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Highland, United States
Severity 3 · Highland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Madison, United States
Severity 3 · Madison · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bend, United States
Severity 3 · Bend · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Beaverton, United States
Severity 3 · Beaverton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Oak Park, United States
Severity 2 · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Davis, United States
Severity 3 · Davis · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Warren, United States
Severity 3 · Warren · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · Columbus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · Richmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Washington, United States
Severity 4 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Conway, United States
Severity 3 · Conway · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Edmond, United States
Severity 3 · Edmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Waldorf, United States
Severity 3 · Waldorf · 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 Boise, United States
Severity 3 · Boise · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Santa Rosa, United States
Severity 3 · Santa Rosa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lancaster, United States
Severity 3 · Lancaster · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in El Paso, United States
Severity 3 · El Paso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in United States
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in O'Fallon, United States
Severity 3 · O'Fallon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Trenton, United States
Severity 3 · Trenton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Syracuse, United States
Severity 3 · Syracuse · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in East Orange, United States
Severity 2 · East Orange · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Killeen, United States
Severity 2 · Killeen · 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.