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Zimbabwe: earthquakes and wildfires

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

Live map – Zimbabwe

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Latest event2,175 acres15 h ago16 mi NNE of Inyati, Zimbabwe
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Key statistics (30 days)

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

Fire danger

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Tomorrow Extreme
Day after Very high

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

Severe weather (forecast)

  • Today: Lightning – Very high lightning · Karoi

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

Recent events in Zimbabwe

Historical overview

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

About Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has recorded 154 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or more since 1980. The strongest was M5.6 in 2018.

Satellites have detected 131 significant wildfires here; the largest burned about 50,874 acres.

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Earthquakes

Earthquakes today: Zimbabwe →

154 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or more since 1980. 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
5.633 mi SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe9.9 mi
5.6107 mi SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe6.2 mi
5.691 mi SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe4.3 mi
5.484 mi SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe6.2 mi
5.3102 mi SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe6.2 mi
5.279 mi SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe6.2 mi
5.290 mi SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe6.2 mi
5.184 mi SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe6.2 mi
5.173 mi SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe6.2 mi
5.190 mi SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe6.2 mi
5.197 mi SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe6.2 mi
5.191 mi SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe6.2 mi
5.090 mi SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe12.6 mi
5.076 mi SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe6.2 mi
4.911 mi S of Kariba, Zimbabwe6.2 mi

Earthquakes per year (M3.0+)

19802025
Year
20252M4.5
20244M4.9
20222M4.7
20212M4.3
20202M4.8
20191M4.2
20183M5.6
20172M4.6
20163M5.6
20151M4.4
20135M4.6
20122M4.9
20112M4.7
20102M4.3
20094M4.4
20085M5.1
20075M5.2
200682M5.6
20001M3.7
19931M3.7
19911M3.9
19908M5.1
19864M4.1
19852M4.6
19841M4.3
19822M4.4
19814M4.7
19801M4.4

Wildfires

131 major fires since 2025. The largest covered about 50,874 acres.

Recent fires

AreaLocationSinceStatus
2,175 acres16 mi NNE of Inyati, ZimbabweActive
835 acres21 mi NNW of Chiredzi, ZimbabweActive
3,524 acres45 mi NNW of Centenary, ZimbabweActive
1,278 acres22 mi SSE of Gwanda, ZimbabweActive
796 acres17 mi N of Harare, ZimbabweActive
1,236 acres24 mi E of Gwanda, ZimbabweActive
1,174 acres33 mi ENE of Mount Darwin, ZimbabweActive
3,212 acres8 mi SSE of Chiredzi, ZimbabweActive
3,996 acres43 mi N of Karoi, ZimbabweActive
3,099 acresnear Chiredzi, ZimbabweActive
Show all (200)
AreaLocationSinceStatus
1,752 acres11 mi NW of Beitbridge, ZimbabweActive
2,394 acres12 mi ENE of Centenary, ZimbabweActive
50,874 acres35 mi ENE of Chipinge, ZimbabweActive
7,000 acres3 mi W of Hwange, ZimbabweActive
3,736 acres18 mi SE of Binga, ZimbabweActive
1,690 acres59 mi N of Chinhoyi, ZimbabweActive
18,785 acres66 mi N of Chinhoyi, ZimbabweActive
2,436 acres25 mi NW of Chinhoyi, ZimbabweActive
1,305 acres12 mi W of Kadoma, ZimbabweActive
1,174 acres6 mi N of Glendale, ZimbabweActive
2,338 acres4 mi NNE of Chegutu, ZimbabweActive
4,233 acres91 mi N of Bindura, ZimbabweActive
2,251 acres11 mi SSE of Karoi, ZimbabweActive
2,535 acres70 mi NNE of Chinhoyi, ZimbabweActive
4,176 acres4 mi NE of Mhangura, ZimbabweActive
892 acres18 mi SW of Karoi, ZimbabweActive
2,676 acres25 mi ENE of Karoi, ZimbabweActive
2,041 acres100 mi SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweActive
1,186 acres14 mi SW of Chiredzi, ZimbabweActive
1,238 acres34 mi WSW of Zvishavane, ZimbabweActive
2,987 acres27 mi SSW of Bulawayo, ZimbabweActive
1,102 acres25 mi S of Bulawayo, ZimbabweActive
8,125 acres25 mi SE of Chipinge, ZimbabweActive
2,026 acres32 mi ESE of Chipinge, ZimbabweActive
1,248 acres61 mi SE of Chipinge, ZimbabweActive
2,992 acres19 mi E of Chipinge, ZimbabweActive
1,171 acres29 mi NE of Epworth, ZimbabweActive
1,067 acres14 mi NE of Chivhu, ZimbabweActive
1,060 acres26 mi SE of Chipinge, ZimbabweActive
2,231 acres10 mi WSW of Chiredzi, ZimbabweActive
1,218 acres9 mi SE of Shamva, ZimbabweActive
1,876 acres9 mi SE of Bindura, ZimbabweActive
2,676 acres28 mi SSE of Kariba, ZimbabweActive
986 acres13 mi NE of Shamva, ZimbabweActive
1,468 acres37 mi SW of Zvishavane, ZimbabweActive
2,634 acres51 mi N of Mount Darwin, ZimbabweActive
2,387 acres13 mi SW of Chinhoyi, ZimbabweActive
2,441 acres28 mi E of Mount Darwin, ZimbabweActive
976 acres32 mi WNW of Redcliff, ZimbabweActive
788 acres18 mi NNE of Chiredzi, ZimbabweActive
1,972 acres68 mi ENE of Karoi, ZimbabweActive
8,582 acres38 mi ENE of Chipinge, ZimbabweActive
1,221 acres63 mi N of Mount Darwin, ZimbabweActive
1,152 acres60 mi SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweActive
1,740 acres37 mi E of Chiredzi, ZimbabweActive
875 acres9 mi WSW of Zvishavane, ZimbabweActive
1,218 acres8 mi NNE of Murewa, ZimbabweActive
3,052 acres17 mi NNW of Centenary, ZimbabweActive
1,033 acres52 mi NNE of Chinhoyi, ZimbabweActive
1,643 acres54 mi NNE of Chinhoyi, ZimbabweActive
2,763 acres28 mi ENE of Chipinge, ZimbabweActive
2,152 acres16 mi NE of Harare, ZimbabweActive
1,124 acres9 mi WSW of Chinhoyi, ZimbabweActive
924 acres64 mi SE of Chipinge, ZimbabweActive
1,171 acres14 mi W of Mutoko, ZimbabweActive
2,582 acres23 mi NNW of Centenary, ZimbabweActive
4,225 acres59 mi N of Bindura, ZimbabweActive
2,955 acres21 mi ESE of Karoi, ZimbabweActive
4,413 acres21 mi NNW of Karoi, ZimbabweActive
1,878 acres11 mi WNW of Karoi, ZimbabweActive
2,958 acres25 mi ENE of Mount Darwin, ZimbabweActive
892 acres48 mi N of Mount Darwin, ZimbabweActive
1,339 acres22 mi SW of Shurugwi, ZimbabweActive
917 acres92 mi ESE of Chipinge, ZimbabweActive
5,785 acres41 mi SE of Chipinge, ZimbabweActive
12,523 acres10 mi NNE of Mutare, ZimbabweActive
1,614 acres12 mi SW of Gweru, ZimbabweActive
2,194 acres11 mi E of Hwange, ZimbabweActive
19,257 acres5 mi SSE of Hwange, ZimbabweActive
845 acres10 mi E of Karoi, ZimbabweActive
939 acres9 mi W of Centenary, ZimbabweActive
986 acres11 mi SSE of Mount Darwin, ZimbabweActive
892 acres7 mi NNW of Karoi, ZimbabweActive
1,315 acresnear Centenary, ZimbabweActive
845 acres28 mi W of Karoi, ZimbabweActive
1,784 acres42 mi NNE of Chinhoyi, ZimbabweActive
2,113 acres26 mi W of Karoi, ZimbabweActive
1,221 acres9 mi ENE of Bindura, ZimbabweActive
2,105 acres14 mi NNE of Murewa, ZimbabweActive
2,763 acres26 mi SSW of Karoi, ZimbabweActive
1,957 acres31 mi N of Mutare, ZimbabweActive
2,019 acres71 mi ENE of Karoi, ZimbabweActive
2,066 acres36 mi NNW of Karoi, ZimbabweActive
1,643 acres12 mi NW of Centenary, ZimbabweActive
3,521 acres35 mi ENE of Karoi, ZimbabweActive
2,394 acres12 mi NNW of Mvurwi, ZimbabweActive
2,066 acres16 mi ENE of Karoi, ZimbabweActive
1,925 acres30 mi ENE of Karoi, ZimbabweActive
835 acres74 mi E of Hwange, ZimbabweActive
1,124 acres12 mi WSW of Chinhoyi, ZimbabweActive
1,080 acres32 mi WNW of Harare, ZimbabweActive
751 acres26 mi SSW of Chinhoyi, ZimbabweActive
1,070 acres21 mi SE of Marondera, ZimbabweActive
1,451 acres37 mi NE of Epworth, ZimbabweActive
1,396 acres21 mi WNW of Kwekwe, ZimbabweActive
1,876 acres25 mi E of Harare, ZimbabweActive
2,150 acres5 mi E of Hwange, ZimbabweActive
4,697 acres41 mi E of Bulawayo, ZimbabweActive
2,061 acres21 mi ENE of Harare, ZimbabweActive
2,150 acres31 mi WNW of Harare, ZimbabweActive
1,075 acres17 mi SSW of Chinhoyi, ZimbabweActive
939 acres5 mi NW of Mvurwi, ZimbabweActive
1,218 acres27 mi WNW of Bindura, ZimbabweActive
986 acres65 mi ENE of Karoi, ZimbabweActive
2,019 acresnear Kariba, ZimbabweActive
3,427 acres69 mi NW of Bindura, ZimbabweActive
3,988 acres23 mi NNW of Bindura, ZimbabweActive
2,582 acres19 mi WNW of Karoi, ZimbabweActive
1,606 acres5 mi ESE of Gwanda, ZimbabweInactive
1,240 acres10 mi ENE of Plumtree, ZimbabweInactive
2,815 acres26 mi WSW of Karoi, ZimbabweInactive
2,819 acres51 mi N of Mount Darwin, ZimbabweInactive
1,502 acres20 mi ESE of Mount Darwin, ZimbabweInactive
3,039 acres7 mi ESE of Chinhoyi, ZimbabweInactive
2,723 acres30 mi NNW of Mount Darwin, ZimbabweInactive
798 acres6 mi SE of Karoi, ZimbabweInactive
1,972 acres40 mi NNE of Mutoko, ZimbabweInactive
3,052 acres6 mi E of Centenary, ZimbabweInactive
1,549 acres26 mi ESE of Kariba, ZimbabweInactive
2,160 acres12 mi SE of Mount Darwin, ZimbabweInactive
4,366 acres19 mi NNW of Karoi, ZimbabweInactive
3,427 acres16 mi NE of Karoi, ZimbabweInactive
3,474 acres24 mi NNW of Mount Darwin, ZimbabweInactive
3,170 acres43 mi ESE of Binga, ZimbabweInactive
3,380 acres16 mi NNE of Centenary, ZimbabweInactive
786 acres26 mi SE of Chipinge, ZimbabweInactive
2,263 acres66 mi NW of Bulawayo, ZimbabweInactive
6,971 acres22 mi ESE of Chipinge, ZimbabweInactive
1,067 acres18 mi SSE of Chegutu, ZimbabweInactive
1,493 acres11 mi SW of Chitungwiza, ZimbabweInactive
2,194 acres14 mi NNE of Chegutu, ZimbabweInactive
1,016 acres34 mi E of Chipinge, ZimbabweInactive
1,490 acres13 mi NW of Mutare, ZimbabweInactive
979 acres22 mi N of Mutare, ZimbabweInactive
3,499 acres33 mi SE of Chipinge, ZimbabweInactive
1,908 acres21 mi SE of Kadoma, ZimbabweInactive
2,637 acres20 mi SSE of Chivhu, ZimbabweInactive
746 acres40 mi N of Rusape, ZimbabweInactive
1,250 acresnear Mvuma, ZimbabweInactive
1,132 acres64 mi S of Chipinge, ZimbabweInactive
1,952 acres16 mi NW of Mutare, ZimbabweInactive
1,801 acres53 mi W of Gweru, ZimbabweInactive
1,569 acres29 mi ESE of Mutare, ZimbabweInactive
1,893 acres19 mi NW of Gweru, ZimbabweInactive
877 acres27 mi NNE of Chipinge, ZimbabweInactive
1,030 acresnear Banket, ZimbabweInactive
1,925 acres36 mi NNE of Chinhoyi, ZimbabweInactive
798 acres18 mi NNE of Chinhoyi, ZimbabweInactive
2,254 acres47 mi N of Chinhoyi, ZimbabweInactive
1,774 acres14 mi NNW of Kadoma, ZimbabweInactive
845 acres12 mi NNW of Kariba, ZimbabweInactive
12,896 acres58 mi NNE of Mount Darwin, ZimbabweInactive
1,549 acres50 mi N of Chinhoyi, ZimbabweInactive
4,369 acres30 mi NE of Karoi, ZimbabweInactive
1,265 acres4 mi ENE of Glendale, ZimbabweInactive
2,390 acresnear Shamva, ZimbabweInactive
890 acres29 mi E of Harare, ZimbabweInactive
793 acres30 mi NNW of Chegutu, ZimbabweInactive
2,182 acres47 mi S of Chitungwiza, ZimbabweInactive
1,213 acres58 mi SSE of Harare, ZimbabweInactive
2,323 acres22 mi ENE of Mutare, ZimbabweInactive
979 acres11 mi S of Chegutu, ZimbabweInactive
749 acres14 mi ESE of Chegutu, ZimbabweInactive
1,431 acres48 mi NE of Masvingo, ZimbabweInactive
939 acres13 mi N of Centenary, ZimbabweInactive
1,656 acres48 mi SE of Chipinge, ZimbabweInactive
1,448 acres92 mi SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweInactive
1,196 acres12 mi W of Plumtree, ZimbabweInactive
786 acres17 mi E of Chipinge, ZimbabweInactive
1,228 acres89 mi SE of Chipinge, ZimbabweInactive
7,818 acres16 mi NW of Hwange, ZimbabweInactive
1,428 acres7 mi NNW of Bulawayo, ZimbabweInactive
1,824 acres15 mi S of Chinhoyi, ZimbabweInactive
4,831 acresnear Mhangura, ZimbabweInactive
2,298 acres18 mi S of Karoi, ZimbabweInactive
892 acres62 mi W of Harare, ZimbabweInactive
15,125 acres28 mi NW of Karoi, ZimbabweInactive
835 acres18 mi S of Rusape, ZimbabweInactive
1,861 acres46 mi SSW of Chitungwiza, ZimbabweInactive
1,888 acres11 mi ENE of Bulawayo, ZimbabweInactive
845 acres52 mi N of Mount Darwin, ZimbabweInactive
798 acres14 mi NNE of Mount Darwin, ZimbabweInactive
2,390 acres45 mi SSE of Kariba, ZimbabweInactive
3,991 acres48 mi NW of Bindura, ZimbabweInactive
2,296 acres30 mi W of Bindura, ZimbabweInactive
798 acres65 mi ENE of Karoi, ZimbabweInactive
1,502 acres27 mi NW of Centenary, ZimbabweInactive
969 acres6 mi NNW of Chimanimani, ZimbabweInactive
1,547 acres11 mi S of Mvurwi, ZimbabweInactive
1,362 acres8 mi NW of Karoi, ZimbabweInactive

Largest fires on record

AreaLocationSinceStatus
50,874 acres35 mi ENE of Chipinge, ZimbabweActive
47,592 acres46 mi SW of Victoria Falls, ZimbabweInactive
30,920 acres46 mi NNE of Karoi, ZimbabweInactive
19,257 acres5 mi SSE of Hwange, ZimbabweActive
18,785 acres66 mi N of Chinhoyi, ZimbabweActive
17,614 acres30 mi E of Kariba, ZimbabweInactive
15,125 acres28 mi NW of Karoi, ZimbabweInactive
12,933 acres20 mi WNW of Lupane, ZimbabweInactive
12,896 acres58 mi NNE of Mount Darwin, ZimbabweInactive
12,795 acres47 mi NNE of Karoi, ZimbabweInactive
12,523 acres10 mi NNE of Mutare, ZimbabweActive
10,087 acres23 mi W of Hwange, ZimbabweInactive
9,684 acres37 mi NNW of Karoi, ZimbabweInactive
9,454 acres44 mi N of Karoi, ZimbabweInactive
9,064 acres44 mi NE of Karoi, ZimbabweInactive

Major fires per year

20252026
Year
202613047,592 acres
2025150,874 acres

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