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.
20358 events were recorded: 2 earthquakes, 127 disaster alerts, 18202 conflict events, and 1648 unrest events.
20358 eventsSources: gdelt
20358 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
20358 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Jacksonville, United States
Severity 2 · Jacksonville · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Silver Spring, United States
Severity 3 · Silver Spring · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Santa Maria, United States
Severity 2 · Santa Maria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Atlanta, United States
Severity 3 · Atlanta · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Macon, United States
Severity 3 · Macon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Brooklyn, United States
Severity 4 · Brooklyn · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in La Mesa, United States
Severity 3 · La Mesa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Fort Worth, United States
Severity 2 · Fort Worth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oshkosh, United States
Severity 3 · Oshkosh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · Richmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Hanford, United States
Severity 2 · Hanford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mobile, United States
Severity 3 · Mobile · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Normal, United States
Severity 3 · Normal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lexington-Fayette, United States
Severity 3 · Lexington-Fayette · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Huntersville, United States
Severity 3 · Huntersville · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bend, United States
Severity 3 · Bend · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United States
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Queens County, United States
Severity 2 · Queens County · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Fort Worth, United States
Severity 3 · Fort Worth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Middletown, United States
Severity 3 · Middletown · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Canoga Park, United States
Severity 2 · Canoga Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Reston, United States
Severity 3 · Reston · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Utica, United States
Severity 3 · Utica · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in St Louis, United States
Severity 2 · St Louis · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in West New York, United States
Severity 2 · West New York · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Edmond, United States
Severity 2 · Edmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Columbia, United States
Severity 4 · Columbia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Alpharetta, United States
Severity 3 · Alpharetta · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Dallas, United States
Severity 2 · Dallas · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Edmond, United States
Severity 3 · Edmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Mass violence in Glendale, United States
Severity 4 · Glendale · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Normal, United States
Severity 3 · Normal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Danbury, United States
Severity 3 · Danbury · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Camden, United States
Severity 2 · Camden · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Santa Monica, United States
Severity 2 · Santa Monica · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Portland, United States
Severity 3 · Portland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Des Moines, United States
Severity 3 · Des Moines · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Southaven, United States
Severity 3 · Southaven · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United States
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Silver Spring, United States
Severity 3 · Silver Spring · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Killeen, United States
Severity 2 · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seattle, United States
Severity 3 · Seattle · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Minneapolis, United States
Severity 3 · Minneapolis · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tyler, United States
Severity 3 · Tyler · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Des Moines, United States
Severity 2 · Des Moines · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ankeny, United States
Severity 2 · Ankeny · 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.