Risk events in Papua New Guinea, April 2026
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33 events were recorded: 5 earthquakes, 19 conflict events, and 9 unrest events.
33 eventsSources: usgs · gdelt · ucdp
33 events· Papua New Guinea
ConflictUnrestEarthquake
- Earthquake
- 5
- 5 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 19
- 19 in the list
- Unrest
- 9
- 9 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04-02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04-03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04-04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026-04-05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-04-06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2026-04-07 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| 2026-04-08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 |
| 2026-04-09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| 2026-04-10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 83 |
| 2026-04-11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 194 |
| 2026-04-12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| 2026-04-13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| 2026-04-14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-04-15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-04-16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-04-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2026-04-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-04-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2026-04-20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026-04-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 2026-04-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| 2026-04-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 2026-04-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04-25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2026-04-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2026-04-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 2026-04-28 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04-29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04-30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Events
What is happening now
33 events · newest first
- Earthquake
M4.8 — 86 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M4.8 · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Military force used in Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Papua New Guinea
1 fatality · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Madang, Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Madang · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M4.7 — 85 km ENE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea
M4.7 · Madang · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Military force used in Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M4.7 — 52 km SE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea
M4.7 · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Military force used in Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Madang, Papua New Guinea
Severity 2 · 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
- Unrest
Demonstration in Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Madang, Papua New Guinea
Severity 2 · Madang · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M4.6 — 109 km NW of Madang, Papua New Guinea
M4.6 · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Military posture change in Madang, Papua New Guinea
Severity 2 · Madang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Madang, Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Madang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Madang, Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Madang · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M4.5 — 82 km NE of Wabag, Papua New Guinea
M4.5 · Source: usgs
- Unrest
Demonstration in Madang, Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Madang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Papua New Guinea
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.