Risk events in New Zealand, September 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.
2 events were recorded: 2 earthquakes.
2 eventsSources: usgs
2 events· New Zealand
Earthquake
- Earthquake
- 2
- 2 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Unrest
- 0
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2026-09-02 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2026-09-03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2026-09-04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Events
What is happening now
2 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
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.