Risk events in Papua New Guinea, February 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.
12 events were recorded: 11 earthquakes and 1 conflict event.
12 eventsSources: usgs · ucdp
12 events· Papua New Guinea
ConflictEarthquake
- Earthquake
- 11
- 11 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 1
- 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-01 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-03 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Events
What is happening now
12 events · newest first
- Earthquake
M4.7 — 104 km NW of Alotau, Papua New Guinea
M4.7 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M4.6 — 43 km S of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M4.6 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M4.7 — 82 km NNW of Lae, Papua New Guinea
M4.7 · Madang · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M4.6 — 70 km NNE of Lae, Papua New Guinea
M4.6 · Madang · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M4.5 — 69 km SE of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea
M4.5 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M4.9 — 114 km SE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea
M4.9 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.1 — 82 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M5.1 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M4.5 — 48 km N of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
M4.5 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 9 km SW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M5.0 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M4.6 — 79 km ENE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea
M4.6 · Madang · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.2 — 44 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea
M5.2 · Madang · Source: usgs
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Papua New Guinea
5 fatalities · Source: ucdp
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.