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, 127 disaster alerts, 18202 conflict events, and 1648 unrest events.
19979 eventsSources: gdelt
19979 events· United States
Conflict
- Earthquake
- 2
- 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
19979 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Detroit, United States
Severity 3 · Detroit · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sterling Heights, United States
Severity 3 · Sterling Heights · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Green Bay, United States
Severity 3 · Green Bay · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Scranton, United States
Severity 2 · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Edmond, United States
Severity 2 · Edmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mesa, United States
Severity 3 · Mesa · 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
Assault in Richmond, United States
Severity 2 · Richmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Grand Island, United States
Severity 2 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Des Moines, United States
Severity 3 · Des Moines · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Scranton, United States
Severity 2 · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Indianapolis, United States
Severity 3 · Indianapolis · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dallas, United States
Severity 3 · Dallas · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Saint Cloud, United States
Severity 3 · Saint Cloud · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Grand Island, United States
Severity 2 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Washington, United States
Severity 4 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Albany, United States
Severity 3 · Albany · 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 Middletown, United States
Severity 3 · Middletown · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United States
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Durham, United States
Severity 3 · Durham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · Glendale · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Framingham, United States
Severity 2 · Framingham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Normal, United States
Severity 3 · Normal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Killeen, United States
Severity 2 · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Silver Spring, United States
Severity 3 · Silver Spring · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Washington, United States
Severity 2 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · Richmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oshkosh, United States
Severity 3 · Oshkosh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Haverhill, United States
Severity 3 · Haverhill · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Colorado Springs, United States
Severity 3 · Colorado Springs · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Highland, United States
Severity 2 · Highland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ames, United States
Severity 3 · Ames · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lexington-Fayette, United States
Severity 2 · Lexington-Fayette · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Columbus, United States
Severity 2 · Columbus · 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
Assault in Pearland, United States
Severity 2 · Pearland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Burlington, United States
Severity 2 · Burlington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lowell, United States
Severity 3 · Lowell · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · 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.