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Central African Republic

Central African Republic: earthquakes and wildfires

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

Live map – Central African Republic

Earthquakes Wildfires Floods Storms Volcanoes Tsunamis

Key statistics (30 days)

0Earthquakes 1,484Wildfires 1Floods 0Storms 0Volcanoes 0Tsunamis

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

Fire danger

Today Extreme
Tomorrow Very extreme
Day after Extreme

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

Severe weather (forecast)

  • Tomorrow: Rain – Heavy rain (10–25 mm) · Bangassou

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

Recent events in Central African Republic

Historical overview

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

About Central African Republic

Central African Republic has recorded 8 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or more since 1976. The strongest was M5.6 in 1976.

Satellites have detected 1,403 significant wildfires here; the largest burned about 1,176 km².

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Earthquakes

Earthquakes today: Central African Republic →

8 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or more since 1976. The strongest was M5.6.

Recent earthquakes

No earthquakes of magnitude 2.5+ in the last 12 months.

Strongest earthquakes on record

MagLocationTime (UTC)Depth
5.689 km E of Bangui, Central African Republic23.0 km
4.956 km N of Zemio, Central African Republic10.0 km
4.741 km N of Boda, Central African Republic10.0 km
4.633 km NW of Boda, Central African Republic33.0 km
4.598 km WNW of Bimbo, Central African Republic10.0 km
4.520 km SW of Alindao, Central African Republic10.0 km
4.394 km WNW of Bimbo, Central African Republic10.0 km
3.930 km NNE of Boda, Central African Republic10.0 km

Earthquakes per year (M3.0+)

19762005
Year
20054M4.7
19941M4.9
19861M4.5
19791M4.6
19761M5.6

Wildfires

1,403 major fires since 2025. The largest covered about 1,176 km².

Recent fires

AreaLocationSinceStatus
68 km²26 km SSW of Paoua, Central African RepublicActive
9.7 km²53 km NW of Bouar, Central African RepublicActive
190 km²near Bouar, Central African RepublicActive
21 km²19 km NNW of Paoua, Central African RepublicActive
371 km²35 km N of Bossangoa, Central African RepublicActive
20 km²28 km ESE of Bossangoa, Central African RepublicActive
1,176 km²37 km N of Paoua, Central African RepublicActive
15 km²47 km NW of Bouar, Central African RepublicActive
147 km²near Bouca, Central African RepublicActive
21 km²72 km NNW of Bossangoa, Central African RepublicActive
Show all (200)
AreaLocationSinceStatus
96 km²near Carnot, Central African RepublicActive
17 km²27 km SW of Bossemtele I, Central African RepublicActive
15 km²33 km NNE of Alindao, Central African RepublicActive
30 km²23 km ENE of Batangafo, Central African RepublicActive
10 km²13 km NE of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
9.8 km²101 km W of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
41 km²22 km ENE of Zemio, Central African RepublicActive
57 km²89 km N of Bangassou, Central African RepublicActive
118 km²85 km ENE of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
9.1 km²21 km W of Bozoum, Central African RepublicActive
4.4 km²55 km W of Zemio, Central African RepublicActive
10 km²38 km WNW of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
112 km²53 km W of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
3.8 km²85 km W of Zemio, Central African RepublicActive
465 km²16 km SSW of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African RepublicActive
72 km²70 km S of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
60 km²99 km SW of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
82 km²91 km W of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
17 km²11 km E of Sibut, Central African RepublicActive
120 km²near Zemio, Central African RepublicActive
4.5 km²30 km SW of Paoua, Central African RepublicActive
9.9 km²90 km NNW of Bossangoa, Central African RepublicActive
14 km²66 km W of Bamingui, Central African RepublicActive
39 km²38 km ESE of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
48 km²68 km SSE of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
75 km²80 km N of Bossangoa, Central African RepublicActive
50 km²68 km W of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
30 km²19 km WSW of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
8.3 km²74 km W of Ouadda, Central African RepublicActive
4.9 km²55 km N of Bambari, Central African RepublicActive
13 km²19 km NE of Damara, Central African RepublicActive
13 km²36 km NNW of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
6.1 km²26 km S of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
33 km²7 km E of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
188 km²61 km WNW of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
21 km²14 km E of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
11 km²114 km N of Bangassou, Central African RepublicActive
39 km²78 km SW of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
17 km²81 km N of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
38 km²57 km SSW of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
34 km²43 km W of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
9.2 km²29 km NNE of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
6.9 km²93 km NNW of Bamingui, Central African RepublicActive
46 km²37 km NE of Bossangoa, Central African RepublicActive
4.3 km²101 km NNW of Bamingui, Central African RepublicActive
183 km²65 km SW of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
5.7 km²114 km SE of Bria, Central African RepublicActive
29 km²92 km NNW of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
219 km²29 km ENE of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African RepublicActive
4.2 km²93 km NE of Begoua, Central African RepublicActive
14 km²near Paoua, Central African RepublicActive
5.5 km²8 km W of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
91 km²106 km NNW of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
30 km²97 km W of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
46 km²53 km SE of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
12 km²34 km SSE of Sibut, Central African RepublicActive
24 km²near Mbres, Central African RepublicActive
66 km²106 km WNW of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
127 km²88 km WSW of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
13 km²41 km N of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
7.8 km²81 km NE of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
190 km²35 km ENE of Bossangoa, Central African RepublicActive
32 km²104 km WSW of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
62 km²68 km NE of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
45 km²65 km E of Kabo, Central African RepublicActive
86 km²31 km SE of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
9.6 km²36 km SSE of Kabo, Central African RepublicActive
8.5 km²71 km ESE of Paoua, Central African RepublicActive
4.7 km²132 km N of Zemio, Central African RepublicActive
18 km²111 km ESE of Ouadda, Central African RepublicActive
72 km²75 km ENE of Begoua, Central African RepublicActive
3.1 km²65 km ENE of Kabo, Central African RepublicActive
4.4 km²34 km W of Sibut, Central African RepublicActive
96 km²96 km NE of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
18 km²113 km ESE of Bria, Central African RepublicActive
13 km²84 km WSW of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
9.3 km²42 km SW of Sibut, Central African RepublicActive
34 km²43 km ENE of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African RepublicActive
25 km²near Kabo, Central African RepublicActive
23 km²61 km SSE of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
10 km²67 km NNW of Bossangoa, Central African RepublicActive
11 km²87 km SE of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
177 km²68 km N of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
26 km²40 km S of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
6.3 km²42 km NNE of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African RepublicActive
29 km²50 km NNW of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
581 km²62 km NNE of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
231 km²91 km NW of Bangassou, Central African RepublicActive
113 km²72 km WNW of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
100 km²20 km WSW of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
33 km²60 km NNW of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
90 km²50 km SSE of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
43 km²104 km SW of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
5.5 km²63 km SW of Bocaranga, Central African RepublicActive
673 km²near Dekoa, Central African RepublicActive
24 km²86 km NNW of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
5.7 km²74 km ESE of Mbres, Central African RepublicActive
9.8 km²35 km N of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
29 km²38 km N of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
88 km²near Bossangoa, Central African RepublicActive
24 km²110 km NW of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
6.1 km²86 km SW of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
75 km²56 km ESE of Dekoa, Central African RepublicActive
18 km²37 km N of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African RepublicActive
3.9 km²76 km NE of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
191 km²117 km ENE of Bangui, Central African RepublicActive
26 km²23 km SSE of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
18 km²59 km NNW of Bambari, Central African RepublicActive
4.1 km²95 km WSW of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
65 km²36 km ESE of Zemio, Central African RepublicActive
79 km²34 km NE of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
4.5 km²31 km SW of Batangafo, Central African RepublicActive
49 km²10 km SSE of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
29 km²15 km NNE of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
4.4 km²38 km NW of Begoua, Central African RepublicActive
41 km²37 km SSE of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
10 km²6 km NNE of Batangafo, Central African RepublicActive
3.4 km²7 km E of Damara, Central African RepublicActive
93 km²63 km WSW of Bamingui, Central African RepublicActive
32 km²100 km W of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
11 km²near Alindao, Central African RepublicActive
3.1 km²102 km WNW of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
4.5 km²59 km NNW of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
51 km²29 km WSW of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
5.7 km²57 km SSW of Bria, Central African RepublicActive
766 km²87 km NW of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
9.9 km²44 km SW of Batangafo, Central African RepublicActive
3.7 km²31 km E of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
17 km²113 km ESE of Carnot, Central African RepublicActive
3.5 km²7 km SSW of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
63 km²14 km S of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
83 km²78 km ENE of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
33 km²65 km N of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
13 km²85 km NW of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
61 km²near Sibut, Central African RepublicActive
27 km²91 km SE of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
38 km²18 km WSW of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
42 km²87 km E of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
204 km²136 km N of Obo, Central African RepublicActive
21 km²68 km SE of Bria, Central African RepublicActive
4.9 km²59 km NNE of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
13 km²23 km SSE of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
99 km²96 km NE of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
35 km²99 km NNE of Kabo, Central African RepublicActive
7.6 km²118 km WNW of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
118 km²73 km SE of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
38 km²102 km WNW of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
14 km²25 km ESE of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
3.3 km²68 km N of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
47 km²48 km N of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
5.5 km²77 km N of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
16 km²45 km SSW of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
9.9 km²44 km WNW of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
19 km²98 km NW of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
63 km²136 km NW of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
15 km²100 km NW of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
44 km²23 km E of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
16 km²49 km NNE of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
54 km²78 km SSE of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
69 km²47 km NNE of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
20 km²95 km WNW of Birao, Central African RepublicActive
35 km²74 km W of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
14 km²103 km NE of Begoua, Central African RepublicActive
18 km²89 km NNE of Bossangoa, Central African RepublicActive
64 km²54 km NNE of Bamingui, Central African RepublicActive
52 km²46 km N of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African RepublicActive
5.7 km²22 km SSW of Bocaranga, Central African RepublicActive
5.8 km²49 km S of Yaloke, Central African RepublicActive
15 km²39 km WSW of Yaloke, Central African RepublicActive
13 km²54 km S of Bambari, Central African RepublicActive
20 km²12 km NE of Ndele, Central African RepublicActive
12 km²53 km WSW of Yaloke, Central African RepublicActive
24 km²111 km SE of Carnot, Central African RepublicActive
12 km²93 km NW of Obo, Central African RepublicActive
4.5 km²102 km ENE of Bangassou, Central African RepublicActive
3.2 km²53 km NE of Bouca, Central African RepublicActive
9.1 km²11 km SW of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African RepublicActive
26 km²60 km E of Paoua, Central African RepublicActive
10 km²37 km NW of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African RepublicActive
8.1 km²102 km W of Zemio, Central African RepublicActive
6.5 km²9 km SE of Paoua, Central African RepublicActive
12 km²30 km ENE of Kabo, Central African RepublicActive
48 km²16 km WSW of Paoua, Central African RepublicActive
8.9 km²107 km SE of Bria, Central African RepublicActive
14 km²44 km S of Kouango, Central African RepublicActive
25 km²80 km NNE of Bossangoa, Central African RepublicActive
36 km²85 km WNW of Bangassou, Central African RepublicActive
11 km²83 km NW of Bangassou, Central African RepublicActive
25 km²40 km W of Carnot, Central African RepublicActive
6.1 km²100 km SE of Bria, Central African RepublicActive

Largest fires on record

AreaLocationSinceStatus
1,173 km²37 km N of Paoua, Central African RepublicActive
766 km²87 km NW of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
673 km²near Dekoa, Central African RepublicActive
581 km²62 km NNE of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicActive
465 km²16 km SSW of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African RepublicActive
413 km²94 km N of Obo, Central African RepublicInactive
401 km²183 km NNW of Obo, Central African RepublicInactive
371 km²35 km N of Bossangoa, Central African RepublicActive
330 km²160 km N of Obo, Central African RepublicActive
307 km²198 km E of Bria, Central African RepublicInactive
305 km²70 km E of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicInactive
302 km²189 km ESE of Ouadda, Central African RepublicInactive
286 km²74 km WNW of Ouanda Djalle, Central African RepublicInactive
265 km²26 km NNW of Bouca, Central African RepublicActive
259 km²36 km S of Bossangoa, Central African RepublicInactive

Major fires per year

20252026
Year
20261,0701,173 km²
2025333305 km²

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