🌎 Earthquake
M5.7 earthquake near 82 km NE of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)View event details →
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MULTI-YEAR DESTINATION ARCHIVE
Papua New Guinea natural disaster history & travel safety archive
Browse Papua New Guinea natural disaster history by year, including Earthquake, Wildfire, Tropical Cyclone, Drought from the official sources used by TripPlanning. Older verified records remain available as new events are added.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA DISASTER HISTORY
Year-by-year natural hazard archive
This archive connects recent Papua New Guinea natural-disaster alerts with older verified records so historical context is not lost when an event moves outside the recent 12-month window.
Papua New Guinea earthquakesPapua New Guinea wildfiresPapua New Guinea tropical cyclonesPapua New Guinea droughtsPapua New Guinea floodingsPapua New Guinea disasters 2026
ARCHIVE AT A GLANCE
Papua New Guinea
- Archive years
- 2025–2026
- Records in archive
- 90
- Most common type
- Wildfire
- Archive structure
- Year by year
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Natural disasters in Papua New Guinea in 2026
86 records in this archivePapua New Guinea earthquakes in 2026
🌎 Earthquake
M6 earthquake near 128 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)View event details →
🌎 Earthquake
M6.2 earthquake near 86 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)View event details →
Papua New Guinea wildfires in 2026
🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in Papua New Guinea — 9,740 ha burned
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)View event details →
🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in Papua New Guinea — 5,736 ha burned
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)View event details →
🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in Papua New Guinea — 5,050 ha burned
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🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in Papua New Guinea — 5,686 ha burned
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)View event details →
🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in Papua New Guinea — 7,224 ha burned
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🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in Papua New Guinea — 14,286 ha burned
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)View event details →
🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in Papua New Guinea — 9,683 ha burned
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🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in Papua New Guinea — 9,762 ha burned
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🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in Papua New Guinea — 5,638 ha burned
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)View event details →
🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in Papua New Guinea — 10,193 ha burned
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)View event details →
🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in Papua New Guinea — 6,870 ha burned
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)View event details →
🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in Papua New Guinea — 5,793 ha burned
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)View event details →
🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in Papua New Guinea — 15,625 ha burned
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)View event details →
🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in Papua New Guinea — 7,271 ha burned
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)View event details →
🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in Papua New Guinea — 11,065 ha burned
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)View event details →
🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in Papua New Guinea — 6,286 ha burned
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)View event details →
🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in Papua New Guinea — 9,001 ha burned
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)View event details →
🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in Papua New Guinea — 7,720 ha burned
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)View event details →
🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in Papua New Guinea — 8,363 ha burned
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)View event details →
🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in Papua New Guinea — 10,583 ha burned
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🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in Papua New Guinea — 5,171 ha burned
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)View event details →
Showing the newest 24 of 86 records for 2026.62 older records remain stored in the archive and event URLs.Browse the recent 12-month Papua New Guinea results →
Natural disasters in Papua New Guinea in 2025
4 records in this archivePapua New Guinea earthquakes in 2025
🌎 Earthquake
M6.5 earthquake near 45 km NNE of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)Original source ↗
Papua New Guinea floodings in 2025
🌊 Flooding
Flooding in Papua New Guinea — low humanitarian impact
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)Original source ↗
🌊 Flooding
Flooding in Papua New Guinea — 3 deaths reported
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)Original source ↗
🌊 Flooding
Flooding in Papua New Guinea — 4 deaths reported
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)Original source ↗