Risk events in Australia, 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.
1432 events were recorded: 1 earthquake, 1275 conflict events, and 156 unrest events.
1432 eventsSources: gdelt
1432 events· Australia
Conflict
- Earthquake
- 1
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 1,275
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 156
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is moving
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 3695 |
| 2026-08-02 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 2990 |
| 2026-08-03 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-04 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 11 | 0 | 788 |
| 2026-08-05 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 2421 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 8 | 0 | 3174 |
| 2026-08-07 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 8 | 0 | 3077 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2872 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 4141 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 2761 |
| 2026-08-11 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 3596 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 13 | 0 | 2618 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 20 | 0 | 3292 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 8 | 0 | 2716 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 2104 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 1611 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 6 | 0 | 2281 |
| 2026-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 16 | 0 | 1575 |
| 2026-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 2117 |
| 2026-08-20 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 6 | 0 | 1882 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2130 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1408 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1608 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1251 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1232 |
| 2026-08-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1571 |
| 2026-08-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3031 |
| 2026-08-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3033 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3043 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3001 |
Events
What is happening now
1432 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Mandurah, Australia
Severity 2 · Mandurah · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Sydney, Australia
Severity 2 · Sydney · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Australia
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Cranbourne, Australia
Severity 2 · Cranbourne · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Wagga Wagga, Australia
Severity 3 · Wagga Wagga · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sydney, Australia
Severity 3 · Sydney · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mandurah, Australia
Severity 3 · Mandurah · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Albury, Australia
Severity 3 · Albury · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Wagga Wagga, Australia
Severity 3 · Wagga Wagga · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Wollongong, Australia
Severity 4 · Wollongong · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Australia
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Wagga Wagga, Australia
Severity 3 · Wagga Wagga · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Sydney, Australia
Severity 2 · Sydney · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gold Coast, Australia
Severity 3 · Gold Coast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Australia
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Albury, Australia
Severity 3 · Albury · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Wollongong, Australia
Severity 2 · Wollongong · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sydney, Australia
Severity 3 · Sydney · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mandurah, Australia
Severity 3 · Mandurah · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sydney, Australia
Severity 3 · Sydney · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Australia
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gold Coast, Australia
Severity 3 · Gold Coast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Australia
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Sydney, Australia
Severity 2 · Sydney · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Geelong, Australia
Severity 3 · Geelong · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Geelong, Australia
Severity 3 · Geelong · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Wagga Wagga, Australia
Severity 3 · Wagga Wagga · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Geelong, Australia
Severity 2 · Geelong · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cranbourne, Australia
Severity 3 · Cranbourne · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Cranbourne, Australia
Severity 2 · Cranbourne · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Geelong, Australia
Severity 2 · Geelong · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Geelong, Australia
Severity 2 · Geelong · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Wagga Wagga, Australia
Severity 3 · Wagga Wagga · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cranbourne, Australia
Severity 3 · Cranbourne · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mandurah, Australia
Severity 3 · Mandurah · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Sydney, Australia
Severity 2 · Sydney · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Wollongong, Australia
Severity 2 · Wollongong · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Geelong, Australia
Severity 2 · Geelong · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Wagga Wagga, Australia
Severity 3 · Wagga Wagga · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · 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.