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Zambia: earthquakes and wildfires

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

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Latest event2,142 acres10 h ago34 mi WSW of Zambezi, Zambia
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Key statistics (30 days)

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

Fire danger

Today Very high
Tomorrow Very high
Day after Very high

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

Severe weather (forecast)

  • Today: Rain – Very heavy rain (25–50 mm) · Chipata
  • Today: Lightning – High lightning · Choma
  • Tomorrow: Rain – Extreme rain (≥ 50 mm) · Nakonde
  • Tomorrow: Lightning – Very high lightning · Choma

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

Recent events in Zambia

Historical overview

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

About Zambia

Zambia has recorded 164 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or more since 1976. The strongest was M5.9 in 2017.

Satellites have detected 1,559 significant wildfires here; the largest burned about 3,909,003 acres.

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Earthquakes

Earthquakes today: Zambia →

164 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or more since 1976. The strongest was M5.9.

Recent earthquakes

MagLocationTime (UTC)Depth
4.18 mi N of Manyama, Zambia6.2 mi

Strongest earthquakes on record

MagLocationTime (UTC)Depth
5.925 mi E of Kaputa, Zambia18.6 mi
5.723 mi WNW of Chama, Zambia16.8 mi
5.312 mi NNE of Lubwe, Zambia6.2 mi
5.36 mi NNW of Siavonga, Zambia6.8 mi
5.223 mi E of Mwinilunga, Zambia6.2 mi
5.213 mi ESE of Kaputa, Zambia22.0 mi
5.219 mi NW of Siavonga, Zambia10.6 mi
5.112 mi NW of Mwansabombwe, Zambia9.3 mi
5.129 mi NE of Mporokoso, Zambia18.5 mi
5.127 mi ESE of Kaputa, Zambia6.2 mi
5.016 mi SSW of Itezhi-Tezhi, Zambia4.6 mi
5.045 mi E of Kaputa, Zambia18.6 mi
5.035 mi SW of Solwezi, Zambia6.2 mi
5.065 mi WNW of Livingstone, Zambia6.2 mi
5.022 mi WNW of Kalengwa, Zambia20.5 mi

Earthquakes per year (M3.0+)

19762026
Year
20261M4.1
20242M4.7
20233M4.7
20224M4.7
20212M4.4
20205M4.6
20193M4.7
20182M4.5
20177M5.9
20162M4.6
20151M5.1
20147M5.3
20133M4.6
20125M4.7
20113M5.0
20101M4.4
20092M4.3
20081M4.8
20075M4.5
20064M5.0
20051M4.1
20045M4.7
20034M4.9
20021M5.2
20012M4.8
20001M3.9
19995M4.6
19982M4.7
19973M4.8
19961M5.0
19952M4.8
19941M5.1
19922M4.3
19915M5.0
19894M5.2
19882M4.5
19879M4.9
19868M5.2
19856M5.1
19847M5.3
19834M3.9
19828M4.5
19816M4.9
19805M4.8
19793M5.0
19764M5.7

Wildfires

1,559 major fires since 2025. The largest covered about 3,909,003 acres.

Recent fires

AreaLocationSinceStatus
2,142 acres34 mi WSW of Zambezi, ZambiaActive
10,440 acres30 mi N of Mongu, ZambiaActive
4,268 acres45 mi E of Kataba, ZambiaActive
13,383 acres25 mi N of Nyimba, ZambiaActive
2,871 acres10 mi SW of Luangwa, ZambiaActive
3,296 acres19 mi WNW of Mazabuka, ZambiaActive
2,634 acres35 mi E of Kataba, ZambiaActive
2,913 acres45 mi SE of Kataba, ZambiaActive
991 acres42 mi NW of Luangwa, ZambiaActive
1,132 acres8 mi S of Luangwa, ZambiaActive
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AreaLocationSinceStatus
3,353 acres20 mi SSE of Chilubi, ZambiaActive
1,727 acres35 mi ENE of Kataba, ZambiaActive
1,416 acres75 mi ESE of Lusaka, ZambiaActive
3,067 acres23 mi E of Kataba, ZambiaActive
1,077 acres22 mi ESE of Sinazongwe, ZambiaActive
4,707 acres49 mi E of Luangwa, ZambiaActive
4,235 acres45 mi SW of Luangwa, ZambiaActive
8,093 acres35 mi SSW of Luangwa, ZambiaActive
895 acres67 mi SE of Nyimba, ZambiaActive
16,274 acres33 mi ESE of Chirundu, ZambiaActive
2,016 acres57 mi ESE of Sinazongwe, ZambiaActive
1,549 acres9 mi SSW of Maamba, ZambiaActive
5,483 acresnear Kansanshi, ZambiaActive
4,846 acres25 mi SW of Mansa, ZambiaActive
7,868 acres30 mi WSW of Mansa, ZambiaActive
956 acresnear Lubwe, ZambiaActive
3,010 acres19 mi NW of Chavuma, ZambiaActive
3,909,003 acres33 mi NNW of Mpika, ZambiaActive
764 acres19 mi SE of Chilubi, ZambiaActive
20,759 acres21 mi N of Lubwe, ZambiaActive
1,354 acres22 mi ESE of Kawambwa, ZambiaActive
813 acres55 mi NW of Chavuma, ZambiaActive
1,500 acres34 mi NNE of Livingstone, ZambiaActive
2,968 acres39 mi NW of Monze, ZambiaActive
1,883 acres49 mi ESE of Luangwa, ZambiaActive
1,221 acres32 mi SSE of Itezhi-Tezhi, ZambiaActive
801 acres6 mi N of Mazabuka, ZambiaActive
2,350 acres30 mi S of Mongu, ZambiaActive
4,243 acres71 mi W of Lusaka, ZambiaActive
1,643 acres52 mi SSE of Senanga, ZambiaActive
1,841 acres23 mi SW of Mumbwa, ZambiaActive
85,464 acres13 mi SW of Samfya, ZambiaActive
1,994 acres18 mi WSW of Kabwe, ZambiaActive
1,082 acres47 mi E of Mongu, ZambiaActive
2,081 acres14 mi NNE of Mumbwa, ZambiaActive
1,488 acres58 mi SE of Chilubi, ZambiaActive
1,085 acres26 mi ESE of Mongu, ZambiaActive
1,038 acres46 mi ENE of Mongu, ZambiaActive
1,502 acres84 mi WSW of Itezhi-Tezhi, ZambiaActive
3,558 acres48 mi S of Kabompo, ZambiaActive
988 acres59 mi W of Kabwe, ZambiaActive
1,315 acres21 mi NE of Senanga, ZambiaActive
1,129 acres43 mi NW of Lusaka, ZambiaActive
1,794 acres33 mi N of Mongu, ZambiaActive
2,469 acres57 mi NNE of Mumbwa, ZambiaActive
5,790 acres57 mi NE of Kaoma, ZambiaActive
5,582 acres26 mi SE of Ndola, ZambiaActive
3,301 acres41 mi NNE of Kitwe, ZambiaActive
2,310 acres18 mi ENE of Mongu, ZambiaActive
6,976 acres8 mi SE of Itezhi-Tezhi, ZambiaActive
2,516 acres32 mi ENE of Lukulu, ZambiaActive
1,369 acres29 mi NNW of Mongu, ZambiaActive
4,070 acres26 mi WNW of Kaoma, ZambiaActive
2,407 acres56 mi NW of Luangwa, ZambiaActive
1,134 acres20 mi NW of Lukulu, ZambiaActive
1,564 acres24 mi NW of Lukulu, ZambiaActive
899 acres55 mi SSE of Kasempa, ZambiaActive
939 acres53 mi WSW of Lusaka, ZambiaActive
5,543 acres14 mi ENE of Kitwe, ZambiaActive
4,129 acres39 mi SSW of Mufumbwe, ZambiaActive
895 acres65 mi SSE of Kaoma, ZambiaActive
1,035 acres41 mi E of Mongu, ZambiaActive
6,837 acres44 mi SW of Solwezi, ZambiaActive
2,533 acres20 mi NW of Serenje, ZambiaActive
3,343 acres39 mi SE of Lusaka, ZambiaActive
1,322 acres19 mi NW of Mongu, ZambiaActive
1,989 acres13 mi ENE of Lukulu, ZambiaActive
2,031 acres64 mi ENE of Lusaka, ZambiaActive
2,595 acres7 mi W of Mongu, ZambiaActive
17,562 acres8 mi ESE of Kabompo, ZambiaActive
3,205 acres36 mi SSW of Chisasa, ZambiaActive
2,130 acres32 mi SSW of Mkushi, ZambiaActive
2,698 acres24 mi NNE of Mongu, ZambiaActive
2,775 acres23 mi S of Namwala, ZambiaActive
897 acres6 mi NW of Lukulu, ZambiaActive
7,114 acres58 mi SW of Solwezi, ZambiaActive
1,900 acres47 mi NW of Nyimba, ZambiaActive
2,451 acres27 mi SW of Lusaka, ZambiaActive
1,273 acres15 mi NNE of Luangwa, ZambiaActive
749 acres27 mi WNW of Livingstone, ZambiaActive
850 acres61 mi WSW of Kalabo, ZambiaActive
1,903 acres47 mi WNW of Kabwe, ZambiaActive
951 acres7 mi W of Chingola, ZambiaActive
751 acres44 mi S of Senanga, ZambiaActive
6,136 acres44 mi W of Mpika, ZambiaActive
1,601 acres34 mi NNW of Luangwa, ZambiaActive
3,237 acres36 mi S of Serenje, ZambiaActive
5,693 acres59 mi NNE of Mumbwa, ZambiaActive
108,711 acres21 mi SW of Kataba, ZambiaActive
1,888 acres24 mi ENE of Mongu, ZambiaActive
2,619 acres17 mi E of Zambezi, ZambiaActive
4,549 acres44 mi ENE of Kataba, ZambiaActive
1,517 acres28 mi ENE of Lukulu, ZambiaActive
2,911 acres18 mi S of Zambezi, ZambiaActive
53,456 acres32 mi NNW of Serenje, ZambiaActive
5,283 acres24 mi W of Serenje, ZambiaActive
1,752 acres32 mi WSW of Kabwe, ZambiaActive
1,574 acres44 mi WSW of Zambezi, ZambiaActive
2,380 acres46 mi SSW of Chavuma, ZambiaActive
1,315 acres52 mi SW of Senanga, ZambiaActive
946 acres48 mi WNW of Kabwe, ZambiaActive
5,229 acres70 mi S of Kaoma, ZambiaActive
1,324 acres6 mi N of Lukulu, ZambiaActive
9,842 acres8 mi NE of Kitwe, ZambiaActive
6,076 acres23 mi W of Mazabuka, ZambiaActive
855 acres21 mi WSW of Zambezi, ZambiaActive
1,777 acres27 mi SSW of Kalomo, ZambiaActive
6,778 acres49 mi W of Chavuma, ZambiaActive
2,731 acres38 mi E of Kataba, ZambiaActive
1,685 acres20 mi ESE of Sesheke, ZambiaActive
3,776 acres49 mi NNE of Serenje, ZambiaActive
2,965 acres29 mi SSW of Kataba, ZambiaActive
850 acres61 mi E of Lusaka, ZambiaActive
1,554 acres5 mi NNW of Mumbwa, ZambiaActive
4,065 acres30 mi ESE of Kaoma, ZambiaActive
937 acres28 mi ENE of Sesheke, ZambiaActive
2,997 acres35 mi WSW of Kabompo, ZambiaActive
3,094 acres17 mi SSE of Zambezi, ZambiaActive
5,483 acres32 mi WNW of Kabompo, ZambiaActive
14,300 acres15 mi NNW of Mufulira, ZambiaActive
1,695 acres9 mi SW of Lusaka, ZambiaActive
6,254 acres38 mi WNW of Kabwe, ZambiaActive
2,955 acres53 mi S of Senanga, ZambiaActive
2,869 acres41 mi WSW of Senanga, ZambiaActive
3,059 acres40 mi S of Mumbwa, ZambiaActive
1,656 acres32 mi SW of Nyimba, ZambiaActive
1,080 acres29 mi SW of Lusaka, ZambiaActive
3,630 acres72 mi WSW of Lusaka, ZambiaActive
7,421 acres67 mi ENE of Lusaka, ZambiaActive
1,762 acres35 mi NW of Katete, ZambiaActive
1,092 acres22 mi NNW of Lukulu, ZambiaActive
5,641 acres32 mi NNE of Kitwe, ZambiaActive
9,726 acres10 mi S of Serenje, ZambiaActive
2,926 acres16 mi E of Mansa, ZambiaActive
11,666 acres4 mi SSW of Mansa, ZambiaActive
21,412 acres59 mi NE of Serenje, ZambiaActive
845 acres29 mi W of Kalabo, ZambiaActive
1,522 acres41 mi SW of Lundazi, ZambiaActive
4,349 acres43 mi ENE of Serenje, ZambiaActive
1,787 acres17 mi WNW of Mongu, ZambiaActive
2,600 acres23 mi N of Chilubi, ZambiaActive
15,956 acres27 mi WNW of Mwansabombwe, ZambiaActive
6,580 acres42 mi NE of Mpika, ZambiaActive
11,728 acres32 mi N of Nyimba, ZambiaActive
1,176 acres54 mi SSW of Kalabo, ZambiaActive
2,278 acres18 mi W of Lukulu, ZambiaActive
5,402 acres65 mi ESE of Kabwe, ZambiaActive
3,168 acres16 mi S of Kaoma, ZambiaActive
8,369 acres48 mi ESE of Kataba, ZambiaActive
3,195 acres35 mi WNW of Kabompo, ZambiaActive
4,739 acres18 mi SW of Mpika, ZambiaActive
30,379 acres50 mi ESE of Luwingu, ZambiaActive
4,784 acres11 mi NE of Chililabombwe, ZambiaActive
15,456 acres25 mi SSW of Mansa, ZambiaActive
1,243 acres16 mi S of Mpika, ZambiaActive
1,394 acres23 mi ESE of Kataba, ZambiaActive
5,528 acres25 mi NNE of Chiengi, ZambiaActive
2,634 acres36 mi WSW of Kasama, ZambiaActive
1,658 acres9 mi NNW of Kaoma, ZambiaActive
4,979 acres6 mi S of Solwezi, ZambiaActive
3,526 acres14 mi WNW of Mwense, ZambiaActive
11,688 acres54 mi W of Mpika, ZambiaActive
5,463 acres10 mi SE of Nchelenge, ZambiaActive
40,812 acres40 mi SW of Chingola, ZambiaActive
3,408 acres23 mi SSE of Isoka, ZambiaActive
3,973 acres10 mi SSE of Isoka, ZambiaActive
4,720 acres28 mi ENE of Mkushi, ZambiaActive
16,185 acres25 mi SW of Mpika, ZambiaActive
6,388 acres46 mi NE of Serenje, ZambiaActive
850 acres10 mi NE of Nyimba, ZambiaActive
764 acres13 mi NW of Chipata, ZambiaActive
1,485 acres41 mi WNW of Lundazi, ZambiaActive
914 acres18 mi ENE of Chinsali, ZambiaActive
29,309 acres20 mi W of Mansa, ZambiaActive
4,302 acres21 mi SW of Kabwe, ZambiaActive
2,259 acres8 mi SE of Chinsali, ZambiaActive
959 acres35 mi N of Chama, ZambiaActive
1,371 acres45 mi WNW of Kalabo, ZambiaActive
2,133 acres22 mi W of Nyimba, ZambiaActive
1,085 acres20 mi ESE of Kaoma, ZambiaActive
2,150 acres55 mi NNW of Chipata, ZambiaActive
1,282 acres26 mi W of Serenje, ZambiaActive
1,626 acres23 mi ENE of Serenje, ZambiaActive
2,002 acres10 mi SSE of Zambezi, ZambiaActive
15,674 acres27 mi SSE of Kabompo, ZambiaActive
2,155 acres41 mi SW of Mpika, ZambiaActive
1,955 acres33 mi S of Serenje, ZambiaActive
2,819 acres5 mi NW of Chingola, ZambiaActive
4,102 acres47 mi E of Ndola, ZambiaActive
2,681 acres57 mi NNE of Ndola, ZambiaActive

Largest fires on record

AreaLocationSinceStatus
3,909,003 acres33 mi NNW of Mpika, ZambiaActive
705,416 acres50 mi NNE of Mansa, ZambiaActive
304,537 acres42 mi SW of Chinsali, ZambiaActive
295,078 acres27 mi NW of Luwingu, ZambiaInactive
227,001 acres53 mi E of Serenje, ZambiaActive
215,261 acres28 mi W of Luwingu, ZambiaInactive
108,711 acres21 mi SW of Kataba, ZambiaActive
87,418 acres50 mi WSW of Kalulushi, ZambiaInactive
85,464 acres13 mi SW of Samfya, ZambiaActive
83,445 acres58 mi WNW of Luangwa, ZambiaInactive
78,831 acres34 mi SE of Kawambwa, ZambiaInactive
61,210 acres34 mi E of Kasama, ZambiaInactive
60,474 acres10 mi SW of Mporokoso, ZambiaInactive
55,722 acres12 mi W of Luangwa, ZambiaInactive
55,347 acres32 mi NW of Mansa, ZambiaInactive

Major fires per year

20252026
Year
20261,5513,908,991 acres
2025885,464 acres

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