Current risks in Oceania
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.
5 earthquakes, 214 unrest events, 0 conflict events, and 0 travel advisory changes are active.
219 eventsSources: usgs · gdelt
219 events· OceaniaFire activity within the 30-day mean
UnrestEarthquake
- Australia: 961
- Indonesia: 255
- New Zealand: 171
- Papua New Guinea: 18
- Fiji: 10
Totals for Oceania, last 30 days
- Earthquake
- 16
- 5 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 1,205
- 0 in the list
- Unrest
- 199
- 214 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is developing in Oceania
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type in Oceania
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day in Oceania
Last 30 days · fire hotspots as line
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 12 | 0 | 6508 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 8 | 0 | 6673 |
| 2026-08-07 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 11 | 0 | 5733 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 7150 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 7616 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 12 | 0 | 6974 |
| 2026-08-11 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 13 | 0 | 6592 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 19 | 0 | 5986 |
| 2026-08-13 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 26 | 0 | 5624 |
| 2026-08-14 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 12 | 0 | 5801 |
| 2026-08-15 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 6476 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 14 | 0 | 7549 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 14 | 0 | 8143 |
| 2026-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 22 | 0 | 9826 |
| 2026-08-19 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 9 | 0 | 8987 |
| 2026-08-20 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 9 | 0 | 9251 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11850 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10865 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8160 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8375 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7654 |
| 2026-08-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8544 |
| 2026-08-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10411 |
| 2026-08-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13781 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10145 |
| 2026-08-31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9510 |
| 2026-09-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12934 |
| 2026-09-02 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9920 |
| 2026-09-03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Events
What is happening in Oceania
219 events · newest first
- Earthquake
M5.4 — 53 km W of Bulolo, Papua New Guinea
M5.4 · Papua New Guinea · Bulolo · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.2 — 70 km NNW of Arthurs Point, New Zealand
M5.2 · New Zealand · Glenorchy · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.3 — 66 km NNW of Arthurs Point, New Zealand
M5.3 · New Zealand · Glenorchy · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.6 — 159 km WSW of Abepura, Indonesia
M5.6 · Indonesia · Wamena · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.5 — 44 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia
M5.5 · Indonesia · Ruteng · Source: usgs
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Wellington, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Wellington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Wellington, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Wellington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Madang, Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Papua New Guinea · Madang · Source: gdelt
Geography
Countries with the most events
68% of events
18% of events
12% of events
1% of events
1% of events
0% of events
0% of events
0% of events
0% of events
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.
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