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Australia: earthquakes and wildfires

Latest earthquakes and active wildfires in Australia on a live map, the strongest earthquakes and largest fires on record, and statistics by year.

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Key statistics (30 days)

Earthquakes M2.5+ and the wildfire fronts shown on the map.

Fire danger

Today Moderate
Tomorrow High
Day after High

Forecast for the area around: Perth. Danger can vary locally; follow official guidance. Source: Copernicus EMS – EFFIS (FWI).

Severe weather (forecast)

  • Today: Rain – Extreme rain (≥ 50 mm) · Newcastle
  • Today: Lightning – High lightning · Maitland
  • Tomorrow: Rain – Extreme rain (≥ 50 mm) · Newcastle

Forecast for the area around: Australia. It does not replace warnings from the national weather service. Source: ECMWF / Copernicus EMS.

Recent events in Australia

Historical overview

Earthquakes M3.0+ and significant events of other hazards.

About Australia

Australia has recorded 1,032 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or more since 1976. The strongest was M6.7 in 1988.

Satellites have detected 1,399 significant wildfires here; the largest burned about 3,561 km².

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Earthquakes

Earthquakes today: Australia →

1,032 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or more since 1976. The strongest was M6.7.

Recent earthquakes

MagLocationTime (UTC)Depth
2.795 km S of Kununurra, Australia9.2 km
3.092 km S of Encounter Bay, Australia10.0 km
3.549 km SE of Pakenham, Australia10.0 km
4.799 km S of Encounter Bay, Australia10.0 km
3.120 km SSE of Warragul, Australia10.0 km
4.746 km SE of Pakenham, Australia10.0 km
4.182 km ESE of Warrnambool, Australia10.0 km
4.449 km W of Tennant Creek, Australia6.3 km
4.535 km SW of Tennant Creek, Australia10.0 km
4.1220 km WNW of Larapinta, Australia10.0 km
Show all (23)
MagLocationTime (UTC)Depth
4.5185 km ENE of Nhulunbuy, Australia13.0 km
4.253 km N of Fitzroy Crossing, Australia8.8 km
4.346 km SW of Tennant Creek, Australia5.0 km
4.585 km SSW of Yulara, Australia10.0 km
4.529 km SW of Orange, Australia10.0 km
4.490 km SSW of Yulara, Australia10.0 km
4.493 km SSW of Yulara, Australia10.0 km
4.482 km SSW of Yulara, Australia10.0 km
5.583 km S of Yulara, Australia10.0 km
4.418 km ENE of Boorowa, Australia10.0 km
4.247 km E of Katanning, Australia10.0 km
4.494 km S of Tennant Creek, Australia10.0 km
4.1123 km NNE of Roxby Downs, Australia10.0 km

Strongest earthquakes on record

MagLocationTime (UTC)Depth
6.738 km WSW of Tennant Creek, Australia5.0 km
6.6198 km W of Cable Beach, Australia10.0 km
6.3162 km NNE of Derby, Australia10.0 km
6.334 km WSW of Tennant Creek, Australia5.0 km
6.346 km WSW of Tennant Creek, Australia5.0 km
6.1105 km NNE of Northam, Australia6.0 km
6.0117 km WSW of Yulara, Australia10.0 km
5.980 km N of Traralgon, Australia10.0 km
5.9266 km NW of Bilingurr, Australia33.0 km
5.8209 km NW of East Carnarvon, Australia10.0 km
5.830 km NW of Yulara, Australia10.0 km
5.737 km NNW of Whitsundays, Australia10.0 km
5.7207 km ESE of Yulara, Australia10.0 km
5.661 km SW of Tennant Creek, Australia5.0 km
5.583 km S of Yulara, Australia10.0 km

Earthquakes per year (M3.0+)

19772026
Year
202623M5.5
202517M5.1
202423M4.8
202316M5.2
202217M4.9
202117M5.9
20209M5.0
201936M6.6
201814M5.8
201713M4.9
201625M6.0
201511M5.5
201412M4.6
20135M5.3
201210M5.3
201117M5.3
20109M5.2
200913M5.0
200811M4.8
200737M4.9
200640M4.9
200559M4.9
200442M4.4
200345M4.8
200263M4.8
200146M5.0
200022M5.1
199917M4.7
199828M4.7
199716M6.3
199619M5.0
199510M4.8
199415M5.3
19936M4.6
199218M5.4
199134M5.2
199019M5.2
198922M5.8
198851M6.7
198723M5.4
198616M5.7
198523M5.3
19847M4.8
19834M5.1
198214M4.8
198111M5.1
19806M4.8
197912M6.1
19781M4.8
19777M4.9
19761M3.6

Wildfires

1,399 major fires since 2025. The largest covered about 3,561 km².

Recent fires

AreaLocationSinceStatus
30 km²146 km W of Karratha, AustraliaActive
17 km²13 km WSW of Onslow, AustraliaActive
27 km²16 km NNW of Karratha, AustraliaActive
6.2 km²55 km SE of Mandurah, AustraliaActive
6.8 km²139 km NW of Dampier, AustraliaActive
25 km²142 km NE of Derby, AustraliaActive
91 km²238 km N of Fitzroy Crossing, AustraliaActive
81 km²114 km N of Derby, AustraliaActive
11 km²69 km NNW of Kununurra, AustraliaActive
26 km²95 km N of Kununurra, AustraliaActive
Show all (200)
AreaLocationSinceStatus
42 km²258 km NE of Derby, AustraliaActive
43 km²86 km W of Kununurra, AustraliaActive
5.7 km²152 km NE of Derby, AustraliaActive
91 km²243 km NNE of Derby, AustraliaActive
83 km²44 km W of Derby, AustraliaActive
209 km²220 km NNE of Derby, AustraliaActive
15 km²192 km NE of Derby, AustraliaActive
145 km²106 km NNE of Derby, AustraliaActive
163 km²80 km NE of Derby, AustraliaActive
107 km²84 km NE of Derby, AustraliaActive
4.2 km²130 km ESE of Broome, AustraliaActive
53 km²16 km SSE of Derby, AustraliaActive
7.7 km²128 km S of Halls Creek, AustraliaActive
82 km²114 km ESE of Roebuck, AustraliaActive
18 km²36 km NNE of Fitzroy Crossing, AustraliaActive
5.3 km²103 km NE of Derby, AustraliaActive
25 km²119 km N of Fitzroy Crossing, AustraliaActive
7.0 km²118 km E of Derby, AustraliaActive
16 km²288 km ESE of Halls Creek, AustraliaActive
74 km²117 km NNW of Fitzroy Crossing, AustraliaActive
13 km²152 km N of Fitzroy Crossing, AustraliaActive
3.8 km²57 km WNW of Halls Creek, AustraliaActive
5.3 km²71 km E of Derby, AustraliaActive
12 km²114 km NW of Fitzroy Crossing, AustraliaActive
19 km²126 km ENE of Derby, AustraliaActive
11 km²108 km NW of Fitzroy Crossing, AustraliaActive
4.9 km²108 km W of St George Ranges, AustraliaActive
8.2 km²93 km W of St George Ranges, AustraliaActive
4.3 km²99 km W of St George Ranges, AustraliaActive
129 km²24 km ENE of Wurrumiyanga, AustraliaActive
14 km²219 km N of Wurrumiyanga, AustraliaActive
6.6 km²112 km SSW of Cloncurry, AustraliaActive
17 km²292 km NE of East Side, AustraliaActive
5.4 km²16 km NNW of Soldiers Hill, AustraliaActive
9.1 km²263 km WSW of Parkside, AustraliaActive
12 km²near Mount Isa, AustraliaActive
31 km²125 km S of Broome, AustraliaActive
7.3 km²175 km W of Soldiers Hill, AustraliaActive
14 km²252 km S of Halls Creek, AustraliaActive
12 km²133 km NE of Derby, AustraliaActive
5.5 km²249 km NE of Karumba, AustraliaActive
3.3 km²21 km NNE of Cooktown, AustraliaActive
4.8 km²195 km S of Katherine East, AustraliaActive
39 km²157 km ESE of Mission River, AustraliaActive
48 km²76 km ESE of Aurukun, AustraliaActive
15 km²247 km NE of Karumba, AustraliaActive
3.4 km²130 km S of Normanton, AustraliaActive
187 km²134 km W of Hope Vale, AustraliaActive
8.4 km²81 km NNW of Tennant Creek, AustraliaActive
84 km²80 km WNW of Hope Vale, AustraliaActive
177 km²89 km NW of Hope Vale, AustraliaActive
4.5 km²173 km ESE of Mission River, AustraliaActive
195 km²35 km N of Aurukun, AustraliaActive
383 km²54 km S of Bamaga, AustraliaActive
117 km²14 km NW of Mission River, AustraliaActive
15 km²59 km NNW of Mission River, AustraliaActive
18 km²39 km SSW of Bamaga, AustraliaActive
8.1 km²22 km E of Smithton, AustraliaActive
8.4 km²10 km NNE of Point Cook, AustraliaActive
3.5 km²55 km E of Traralgon, AustraliaActive
5.7 km²89 km SSW of Cobar, AustraliaActive
14 km²71 km WNW of Coonamble, AustraliaActive
8.8 km²29 km S of Tieri, AustraliaActive
4.2 km²41 km NNW of Rockhampton, AustraliaActive
7.5 km²86 km E of Moranbah, AustraliaActive
27 km²144 km WSW of Ingham, AustraliaActive
39 km²18 km NNE of Nebo, AustraliaActive
62 km²92 km WSW of Charters Towers City, AustraliaActive
13 km²108 km WSW of Ingham, AustraliaActive
6.3 km²83 km WNW of Mackay, AustraliaActive
41 km²157 km WNW of Clermont, AustraliaActive
12 km²59 km WSW of Millstream, AustraliaActive
14 km²130 km NW of Hughenden, AustraliaActive
11 km²10 km N of Clermont, AustraliaActive
16 km²43 km ESE of Collinsville, AustraliaActive
137 km²26 km WSW of Red Hill, AustraliaActive
18 km²41 km WSW of Townsville, AustraliaActive
9.5 km²36 km N of Moranbah, AustraliaActive
40 km²99 km ESE of Aurukun, AustraliaActive
8.4 km²near Hope Vale, AustraliaActive
7.8 km²21 km NNW of Millstream, AustraliaActive
446 km²67 km WSW of Hope Vale, AustraliaActive
28 km²35 km W of Hope Vale, AustraliaActive
25 km²13 km WSW of Millstream, AustraliaActive
11 km²113 km WSW of Dimbulah, AustraliaActive
26 km²27 km W of Cairns, AustraliaActive
7.4 km²88 km NW of Dimbulah, AustraliaActive
12 km²25 km WNW of Mossman, AustraliaActive
22 km²95 km SW of Cooktown, AustraliaActive
28 km²56 km WSW of Hope Vale, AustraliaActive
98 km²246 km SSE of Aurukun, AustraliaActive
329 km²226 km SSE of Aurukun, AustraliaActive
12 km²29 km WNW of Hope Vale, AustraliaActive
3.9 km²40 km SSW of Bamaga, AustraliaActive
3.6 km²80 km NNW of Dubbo, AustraliaActive
8.8 km²near Gladstone, AustraliaActive
39 km²11 km NNW of Gladstone, AustraliaActive
5.0 km²13 km WNW of Gladstone, AustraliaActive
32 km²130 km SSW of Karratha, AustraliaActive
53 km²142 km SSE of Broome, AustraliaActive
4.7 km²147 km SSE of Broome, AustraliaActive
12 km²121 km W of St George Ranges, AustraliaActive
90 km²59 km E of Derby, AustraliaActive
32 km²91 km N of Alyangula, AustraliaActive
11 km²near Kununurra, AustraliaActive
4.6 km²34 km NNE of Kununurra, AustraliaActive
9.8 km²131 km ENE of Katherine East, AustraliaActive
5.7 km²137 km SE of Katherine East, AustraliaActive
8.6 km²267 km NW of Kununurra, AustraliaActive
11 km²164 km WSW of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
3.4 km²58 km NNW of Kununurra, AustraliaActive
20 km²23 km W of Nhulunbuy, AustraliaActive
15 km²78 km NNW of Kununurra, AustraliaActive
63 km²79 km NNW of Kununurra, AustraliaActive
41 km²91 km N of Kununurra, AustraliaActive
29 km²10 km ESE of Alyangula, AustraliaActive
10 km²183 km NNW of Fitzroy Crossing, AustraliaActive
3.1 km²46 km W of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
132 km²43 km E of Kununurra, AustraliaActive
3.1 km²95 km SSE of Katherine East, AustraliaActive
107 km²83 km NNW of Gunbalanya, AustraliaActive
11 km²123 km ESE of Katherine East, AustraliaActive
11 km²155 km ENE of Derby, AustraliaActive
45 km²146 km SE of Katherine East, AustraliaActive
4.8 km²175 km W of Kununurra, AustraliaActive
5.0 km²150 km SSE of Katherine East, AustraliaActive
67 km²148 km WSW of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
32 km²27 km WNW of Nhulunbuy, AustraliaActive
39 km²82 km ESE of Kununurra, AustraliaActive
178 km²57 km W of Alyangula, AustraliaActive
161 km²107 km NNW of Alyangula, AustraliaActive
105 km²68 km SW of Nhulunbuy, AustraliaActive
3.2 km²262 km ESE of Halls Creek, AustraliaActive
14 km²97 km NW of St George Ranges, AustraliaActive
4.6 km²163 km SSE of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
8.7 km²47 km SSW of Derby, AustraliaActive
3.1 km²160 km SE of Katherine East, AustraliaActive
4.9 km²200 km W of Doomadgee, AustraliaActive
15 km²257 km W of Doomadgee, AustraliaActive
444 km²136 km SSE of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
4.2 km²168 km SSE of Katherine East, AustraliaActive
6.5 km²169 km SE of Katherine East, AustraliaActive
39 km²71 km NNE of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
3.3 km²96 km S of Wadeye, AustraliaActive
27 km²111 km ESE of Aurukun, AustraliaActive
52 km²147 km SE of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
79 km²97 km SSE of Galiwinku, AustraliaActive
4.3 km²56 km S of Milingimbi, AustraliaActive
12 km²118 km SSE of Milingimbi, AustraliaActive
8.1 km²147 km E of Mission River, AustraliaActive
4.8 km²234 km SE of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
93 km²88 km E of Mission River, AustraliaActive
5.4 km²84 km NE of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
59 km²267 km S of Alyangula, AustraliaActive
7.9 km²129 km NNE of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
14 km²166 km SE of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
5.5 km²221 km SSW of Cossack, AustraliaActive
46 km²77 km SE of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
50 km²143 km S of Milingimbi, AustraliaActive
192 km²55 km SW of Nhulunbuy, AustraliaActive
227 km²22 km SSW of Nhulunbuy, AustraliaActive
7.9 km²68 km SE of Galiwinku, AustraliaActive
5.6 km²35 km SW of Bamaga, AustraliaActive
8.7 km²7 km SE of Nhulunbuy, AustraliaActive
20 km²111 km SSE of Galiwinku, AustraliaActive
4.1 km²157 km WSW of Ingham, AustraliaActive
11 km²129 km SSE of Hughenden, AustraliaActive
3.2 km²135 km SSW of Doomadgee, AustraliaActive
27 km²148 km N of Hughenden, AustraliaActive
8.0 km²24 km S of Bamaga, AustraliaActive
3.1 km²118 km E of Mission River, AustraliaActive
265 km²91 km ESE of Aurukun, AustraliaActive
13 km²155 km NW of Doomadgee, AustraliaActive
12 km²89 km NE of Derby, AustraliaActive
42 km²76 km SE of Gunbalanya, AustraliaActive
3.3 km²49 km SSE of Alyangula, AustraliaActive
40 km²89 km WNW of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
40 km²165 km S of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
98 km²7 km SW of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
11 km²78 km E of Palmerston, AustraliaActive
48 km²near Gunbalanya, AustraliaActive
3.7 km²82 km WNW of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
14 km²59 km SE of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
218 km²131 km S of Maningrida, AustraliaActive
27 km²68 km NNW of Lightning Ridge, AustraliaActive
6.2 km²48 km N of Rockhampton, AustraliaActive
48 km²165 km NNE of Hughenden, AustraliaActive
11 km²190 km SSE of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
7.6 km²191 km S of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
17 km²197 km S of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive

Largest fires on record

AreaLocationSinceStatus
3,561 km²66 km SSW of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
1,555 km²194 km E of Kununurra, AustraliaInactive
993 km²288 km SSW of Ngukurr, AustraliaInactive
756 km²56 km ESE of Lavington, AustraliaInactive
680 km²143 km WSW of Dimbulah, AustraliaActive
490 km²80 km WSW of Doomadgee, AustraliaInactive
487 km²71 km S of Shepparton, AustraliaInactive
466 km²115 km S of Doomadgee, AustraliaInactive
462 km²39 km SSW of Hotham Heights, AustraliaInactive
445 km²67 km WSW of Hope Vale, AustraliaActive
444 km²136 km SSE of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
405 km²205 km ENE of Normanton, AustraliaInactive
382 km²23 km NNE of St George Ranges, AustraliaInactive
371 km²54 km S of Bamaga, AustraliaActive
364 km²153 km E of Aurukun, AustraliaInactive

Major fires per year

20252026
Year
20261,2353,561 km²
2025162203 km²

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