Current risks in New Zealand
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.
2 earthquakes, 26 unrest events, 0 conflict events, and 0 travel advisory changes are active.
28 eventsSources: usgs · gdelt
28 events· New ZealandFire activity within the 30-day mean
UnrestEarthquake
Totals for New Zealand, last 30 days
- Earthquake
- 3
- 2 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 174
- 0 in the list
- Unrest
- 24
- 26 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is developing in New Zealand
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type in New Zealand
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day in New Zealand
Last 30 days · fire hotspots as line
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2026-08-07 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-08-11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-08-17 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-08-20 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2026-08-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-08-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-09-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2026-09-02 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2026-09-03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Events
What is happening in New Zealand
28 events · newest first
- Earthquake
M5.2 — 70 km NNW of Arthurs Point, New Zealand
M5.2 · Glenorchy · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.3 — 66 km NNW of Arthurs Point, New Zealand
M5.3 · Glenorchy · Source: usgs
- Unrest
Demonstration in Wellington, New Zealand
Severity 3 · Wellington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Wellington, New Zealand
Severity 3 · Wellington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in New Zealand
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nelson, New Zealand
Severity 3 · Nelson · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in New Zealand
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nelson, New Zealand
Severity 3 · Nelson · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nelson, New Zealand
Severity 3 · Nelson · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nelson, New Zealand
Severity 3 · Nelson · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Waitakere, New Zealand
Severity 3 · Waitakere · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Wellington, New Zealand
Severity 3 · Wellington · 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.
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