Risk events in Australia, April 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.
2775 events were recorded: 2 earthquakes, 2501 conflict events, and 272 unrest events.
2775 eventsSources: gdelt
2775 events· Australia
Conflict
- Earthquake
- 2
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 2,501
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 272
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04-02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04-03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04-04 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1292 |
| 2026-04-05 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 1259 |
| 2026-04-06 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 987 |
| 2026-04-07 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 8 | 0 | 1739 |
| 2026-04-08 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 8 | 0 | 2367 |
| 2026-04-09 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 10 | 0 | 1756 |
| 2026-04-10 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 9 | 0 | 2115 |
| 2026-04-11 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 1749 |
| 2026-04-12 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 2607 |
| 2026-04-13 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 14 | 0 | 3608 |
| 2026-04-14 | 1 | 0 | 93 | 19 | 0 | 4989 |
| 2026-04-15 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 7 | 0 | 6380 |
| 2026-04-16 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 9 | 0 | 4664 |
| 2026-04-17 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 9 | 0 | 4442 |
| 2026-04-18 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 25 | 0 | 1367 |
| 2026-04-19 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 1015 |
| 2026-04-20 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 9 | 0 | 1548 |
| 2026-04-21 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 2957 |
| 2026-04-22 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 23 | 0 | 3248 |
| 2026-04-23 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 11 | 0 | 3289 |
| 2026-04-24 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 15 | 0 | 4227 |
| 2026-04-25 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 7 | 0 | 3132 |
| 2026-04-26 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 11 | 0 | 2436 |
| 2026-04-27 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 18 | 0 | 2853 |
| 2026-04-28 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04-29 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04-30 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 18 | 0 | 48 |
Events
What is happening now
2775 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Sydney, Australia
Severity 3 · Sydney · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cranbourne, Australia
Severity 3 · Cranbourne · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Australia
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Cranbourne, Australia
Severity 2 · Cranbourne · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Cranbourne, Australia
Severity 2 · Cranbourne · 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 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 Australia
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Coffs Harbour, Australia
Severity 3 · Coffs Harbour · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sydney, Australia
Severity 3 · Sydney · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Newcastle, Australia
Severity 3 · Newcastle · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Australia
Severity 2 · 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 Wollongong, Australia
Severity 3 · Wollongong · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sydney, Australia
Severity 3 · Sydney · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Newcastle, Australia
Severity 3 · Newcastle · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sydney, Australia
Severity 3 · Sydney · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cranbourne, Australia
Severity 3 · Cranbourne · 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
Military force used in Sydney, Australia
Severity 3 · Sydney · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sydney, Australia
Severity 3 · Sydney · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sydney, Australia
Severity 3 · Sydney · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hobart, Australia
Severity 3 · Hobart · 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 Launceston, Australia
Severity 3 · Launceston · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sydney, Australia
Severity 3 · Sydney · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Cranbourne, Australia
Severity 2 · Cranbourne · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Newcastle, Australia
Severity 3 · Newcastle · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sydney, Australia
Severity 3 · Sydney · 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 Australia
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sydney, Australia
Severity 3 · Sydney · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Geelong, Australia
Severity 2 · Geelong · 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
Military force used in Sydney, Australia
Severity 3 · Sydney · 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.