Current risks in Papua New Guinea
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.
4 earthquakes, 3 unrest events, 0 conflict events, and 0 travel advisory changes are active.
7 eventsSources: usgs · gdelt
7 events· Papua New GuineaFire activity within the 30-day mean
UnrestEarthquake
Totals for Papua New Guinea, last 30 days
- Earthquake
- 11
- 4 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 12
- 0 in the list
- Unrest
- 3
- 3 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is developing in Papua New Guinea
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type in Papua New Guinea
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day in Papua New Guinea
Last 30 days · fire hotspots as line
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 763 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 668 |
| 2026-08-07 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 609 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 324 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 204 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 251 |
| 2026-08-11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 522 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 471 |
| 2026-08-13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 487 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 425 |
| 2026-08-15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 677 |
| 2026-08-16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1032 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1355 |
| 2026-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1389 |
| 2026-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1095 |
| 2026-08-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1576 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2578 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2620 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1400 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1326 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 996 |
| 2026-08-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 831 |
| 2026-08-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 680 |
| 2026-08-28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| 2026-09-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 |
| 2026-09-02 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 273 |
| 2026-09-03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Events
What is happening in Papua New Guinea
7 events · newest first
- Earthquake
M5.4 — 53 km W of Bulolo, Papua New Guinea
M5.4 · Bulolo · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M4.5 — 137 km S of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
M4.5 · Vanimo · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M4.5 — 101 km SW of Aitape, Papua New Guinea
M4.5 · Aitape · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M4.5 — 109 km S of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
M4.5 · Vanimo · Source: usgs
- Unrest
Demonstration in Madang, Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Madang · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Madang, Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Madang · 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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