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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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Latest eventM 2.79.2 km depth · 4 h ago95 km S of Kununurra, Australia
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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 1,397 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

1,397 major fires since 2025. The largest covered about 3,561 km².

Recent fires

AreaLocationSinceStatus
16 km²13 km WSW of Onslow, AustraliaActive
23 km²142 km NE of Derby, AustraliaActive
12 km²133 km NE of Derby, AustraliaActive
91 km²238 km N of Fitzroy Crossing, AustraliaActive
71 km²114 km N of Derby, AustraliaActive
87 km²243 km NNE of Derby, AustraliaActive
83 km²44 km W of Derby, AustraliaActive
207 km²220 km NNE of Derby, AustraliaActive
140 km²106 km NNE of Derby, AustraliaActive
162 km²80 km NE of Derby, AustraliaActive
Show all (200)
AreaLocationSinceStatus
97 km²84 km NE of Derby, AustraliaActive
52 km²16 km SSE of Derby, AustraliaActive
6.5 km²128 km S of Halls Creek, AustraliaActive
32 km²130 km SSW of Karratha, AustraliaActive
53 km²142 km SSE of Broome, AustraliaActive
77 km²114 km ESE of Roebuck, AustraliaActive
4.7 km²147 km SSE of Broome, AustraliaActive
9.8 km²36 km NNE of Fitzroy Crossing, AustraliaActive
6.6 km²82 km ENE of Derby, AustraliaActive
3.2 km²118 km E of Derby, AustraliaActive
12 km²121 km W of St George Ranges, AustraliaActive
66 km²117 km NNW of Fitzroy Crossing, AustraliaActive
90 km²59 km E of Derby, AustraliaActive
31 km²125 km S of Broome, AustraliaActive
12 km²152 km N of Fitzroy Crossing, AustraliaActive
9.3 km²252 km S of Halls Creek, AustraliaActive
32 km²91 km N of Alyangula, AustraliaActive
11 km²near Kununurra, AustraliaActive
15 km²86 km W of 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
11 km²69 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
26 km²95 km N of Kununurra, AustraliaActive
42 km²258 km NE of Derby, AustraliaActive
24 km²86 km W of Kununurra, AustraliaActive
4.6 km²152 km NE of Derby, AustraliaActive
29 km²10 km ESE of Alyangula, AustraliaActive
15 km²192 km NE of Derby, 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
13 km²292 km NE of East Side, AustraliaActive
14 km²97 km NW of St George Ranges, AustraliaActive
3.5 km²16 km NNW of Soldiers Hill, 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
19 km²119 km N of Fitzroy Crossing, AustraliaActive
9.5 km²288 km ESE of Halls Creek, AustraliaActive
4.2 km²168 km SSE of Katherine East, AustraliaActive
6.5 km²169 km SE of Katherine East, AustraliaActive
26 km²16 km NNW of Karratha, AustraliaActive
39 km²71 km NNE of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
3.3 km²96 km S of Wadeye, AustraliaActive
39 km²99 km ESE of Aurukun, 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
35 km²157 km ESE of Mission River, AustraliaActive
371 km²54 km S of Bamaga, 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
34 km²76 km ESE of Aurukun, AustraliaActive
7.9 km²129 km NNE of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
14 km²166 km SE of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
5.5 km²221 km SSW of Cossack, AustraliaActive
172 km²89 km NW of Hope Vale, AustraliaActive
46 km²77 km SE of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
50 km²143 km S of Milingimbi, AustraliaActive
4.5 km²173 km ESE of Mission River, AustraliaActive
195 km²35 km N of Aurukun, AustraliaActive
15 km²59 km NNW of Mission River, AustraliaActive
192 km²55 km SW of Nhulunbuy, AustraliaActive
227 km²22 km SSW of Nhulunbuy, AustraliaActive
7.9 km²68 km SE of Galiwinku, AustraliaActive
16 km²39 km SSW of Bamaga, AustraliaActive
3.7 km²40 km SSW of Bamaga, 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
3.7 km²112 km SSW of Cloncurry, AustraliaActive
25 km²144 km WSW of Ingham, AustraliaActive
11 km²129 km SSE of Hughenden, AustraliaActive
12 km²108 km WSW of Ingham, AustraliaActive
14 km²130 km NW of Hughenden, AustraliaActive
3.2 km²135 km SSW of Doomadgee, AustraliaActive
27 km²148 km N of Hughenden, AustraliaActive
3.6 km²80 km NNW of Dubbo, AustraliaActive
8.0 km²22 km E of Smithton, 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
78 km²80 km WNW of Hope Vale, AustraliaActive
30 km²146 km W of Karratha, 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
128 km²24 km ENE of Wurrumiyanga, 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
8.4 km²10 km NNE of Point Cook, AustraliaActive
27 km²68 km NNW of Lightning Ridge, AustraliaActive
6.2 km²48 km N of Rockhampton, AustraliaActive
48 km²165 km NNE of Hughenden, AustraliaActive
7.3 km²near Hope Vale, AustraliaActive
4.0 km²41 km NNW of Rockhampton, AustraliaActive
11 km²190 km SSE of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
7.6 km²191 km S of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
17 km²197 km S of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
7.4 km²86 km E of Moranbah, AustraliaActive
62 km²190 km E of Normanton, AustraliaActive
9.4 km²182 km SW of Millstream, AustraliaActive
5.1 km²235 km NNW of Hughenden, AustraliaActive
92 km²211 km SSE of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
4.1 km²159 km NNE of Hughenden, AustraliaActive
7.4 km²21 km NNW of Millstream, AustraliaActive
4.0 km²195 km S of Ngukurr, AustraliaActive
53 km²214 km NNW of Hughenden, AustraliaActive
40 km²157 km WNW of Clermont, AustraliaActive
4.3 km²159 km WSW of Millstream, AustraliaActive
17 km²240 km NE of Normanton, AustraliaActive
53 km²237 km WSW of Millstream, AustraliaActive
445 km²67 km WSW of Hope Vale, AustraliaActive
5.5 km²37 km SSE of Millstream, AustraliaActive
33 km²160 km ESE of Normanton, AustraliaActive
10 km²59 km WSW of Millstream, AustraliaActive
56 km²146 km ESE of Normanton, AustraliaActive
16 km²36 km WSW of Millstream, AustraliaActive
40 km²129 km ESE of Normanton, AustraliaActive
6.0 km²127 km ESE of Normanton, AustraliaActive
680 km²143 km WSW of Dimbulah, AustraliaActive
10 km²113 km WSW of Dimbulah, AustraliaActive
25 km²27 km W of Cairns, AustraliaActive
44 km²86 km WNW of Dimbulah, AustraliaActive
103 km²123 km WNW of Dimbulah, AustraliaActive
26 km²93 km WNW of Dimbulah, AustraliaActive
5.1 km²88 km NW of Dimbulah, AustraliaActive
15 km²247 km NE of Karumba, AustraliaActive
19 km²95 km SW of Cooktown, AustraliaActive
134 km²26 km WSW of Red Hill, AustraliaActive
5.7 km²244 km NE of Karumba, AustraliaActive
18 km²41 km WSW of Townsville, AustraliaActive
72 km²70 km WSW of Hope Vale, AustraliaActive
28 km²56 km WSW of Hope Vale, AustraliaActive
98 km²246 km SSE of Aurukun, AustraliaActive
181 km²134 km W of Hope Vale, AustraliaActive
327 km²226 km SSE of Aurukun, AustraliaActive
17 km²150 km NNE of Hughenden, AustraliaActive
4.7 km²206 km W of Dimbulah, AustraliaActive
13 km²138 km NNE of Hughenden, AustraliaActive
66 km²160 km W of Dimbulah, AustraliaActive
27 km²161 km NNE of Hughenden, AustraliaActive
5.7 km²114 km NNW of Cairns, AustraliaActive
9.5 km²36 km N of Moranbah, AustraliaActive
9.3 km²52 km N of Mission River, AustraliaActive
70 km²133 km NNW of Hope Vale, AustraliaActive
18 km²21 km NNE of Mission River, AustraliaActive
116 km²14 km NW of Mission River, AustraliaActive
3.2 km²55 km E of Traralgon, AustraliaActive
4.6 km²31 km SE of Bingara, AustraliaActive
4.4 km²119 km S of Mackay, AustraliaActive
23 km²68 km S of Mackay, 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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