Fiji

Brief · 18 September 2026

This is the most recent brief; none has been generated since 18 September 2026. The event list below is current.

Fiji's most significant tracked event this week is a forest fire in Mozambique, attributed to the Fiji-listed region feed, which has burned 6,590 hectares and remains active with a steady trend. Several other wildfires are burning across the wider region, alongside a cluster of earthquakes recorded in and near Fiji, the largest an M4.8.

Wildfire Forest fires in Mozambique, first tracked on 3 September, have burned 6,590 hectares with a steady trend as of 18 September. Other active wildfires in the region include a Fiji-listed blaze with total fire radiative power of 2,225 MW that is cooling, and two newly detected wildfires first tracked on 17 September.

Earthquake An M4.8 earthquake struck Fiji on 15 September at a depth of 10 km, with an estimated 2,849 people exposed. Additional earthquakes were recorded through the week, including an M4.7 event in the Fiji region on 18 September and shallow-to-deep events of M4.2–M4.3 east of Levuka on 14–16 September.

• A forest fire in Angola, first tracked on 29 August and part of the Fiji-region feed, is escalating with fire radiative power up 158% in 10 hours.
• A wildfire in Mozambique, first tracked on 17 September, is escalating after its severity rating moved from green to red.
• Two newly detected wildfires in Fiji, first tracked on 17 September, are new to observation this week.

Summarised from Hazardly's tracked events for the seven days to 18 September 2026 · no external sources. Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 18 Sept, 20:42 UTC, not reviewed by a person before publication. Outbreak lines name the disease and country only; WHO's bulletin text is on each outbreak's event page.