Risk events in South America, 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.
757 events were recorded: 5 earthquakes, 632 conflict events, and 120 unrest events.
757 eventsSources: gdelt
757 events· South America
ConflictUnrest
- Colombia: 242
- Brazil: 137
- Venezuela: 112
- Peru: 71
- Argentina: 69
- Earthquake
- 5
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 632
- 6 in the list
- Unrest
- 120
- 1 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
757 events · newest first
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Caicara del Orinoco, Venezuela
Severity 3 · Venezuela · Caicara del Orinoco · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Paramaribo, Suriname
Severity 3 · Suriname · Paramaribo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Unrest
Demonstration in Brazil
Severity 3 · Brazil · 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.