Risk events in Papua New Guinea, May 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.
24 events were recorded: 7 earthquakes, 1 disaster alert, 13 conflict events, and 3 unrest events.
24 eventsSources: gdelt · ucdp · usgs · eonet
24 events· Papua New Guinea
ConflictUnrestDisasterEarthquake
- Earthquake
- 7
- 7 in the list
- Disaster
- 1
- 1 in the list
- Conflict
- 13
- 13 in the list
- Unrest
- 3
- 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2026-05-02 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| 2026-05-03 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 2026-05-04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2026-05-05 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2026-05-06 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 2026-05-07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
| 2026-05-08 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
| 2026-05-09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 2026-05-10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2026-05-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 |
| 2026-05-13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 127 |
| 2026-05-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| 2026-05-15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| 2026-05-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| 2026-05-17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
| 2026-05-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 |
| 2026-05-19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2026-05-20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 121 |
| 2026-05-21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 2026-05-22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2026-05-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 |
| 2026-05-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 |
| 2026-05-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
| 2026-05-26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2026-05-27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2026-05-28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2026-05-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 |
| 2026-05-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| 2026-05-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Events
What is happening now
24 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Madang, Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Madang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Papua New Guinea
Severity 4 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Papua New Guinea
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Papua New Guinea
4 fatalities · Source: ucdp
- Earthquake
M4.8 — 45 km E of Lae, Papua New Guinea
M4.8 · Madang · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Military force used in Madang, Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Madang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M4.6 — 75 km SSE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M4.6 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 30 km WNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea
M5.0 · Madang · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Military force used in Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Madang, Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Madang · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M5.3 — 16 km WSW of Madang, Papua New Guinea
M5.3 · Madang · Source: usgs
- Disaster
Langila Volcano, Papua New Guinea
EONET · Source: eonet
- Conflict
Military force used in Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Madang, Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Madang · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Madang, Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Madang · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M4.7 — 53 km ENE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M4.7 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M4.6 — 76 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M4.6 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M4.6 — 58 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M4.6 · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Military force used in Madang, Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Madang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Madang, Papua New Guinea
Severity 3 · Madang · 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.