Indonesia

Brief · 19 September 2026

This is the most recent brief; none has been generated since 19 September 2026. The event list below is current.

Indonesia recorded widespread and numerous wildfires this week, several rated red-severity with fire radiative power exceeding 10,000 MW, alongside a cluster of moderate earthquakes across multiple regions. Krakatau volcano remained at orange alert level with continuing eruptive activity.

Wildfire Multiple red-severity wildfires are active across Indonesia, including one near -3.19, 111.85 with a total fire radiative power of 47,031 MW that is escalating (+59% in 28 hours), and two forest fire events that have burned 6,890 ha and 5,234 ha respectively, both also escalating. Several other new wildfires were detected this week with fire radiative power ranging from roughly 6,000 to nearly 11,000 MW.

Earthquake Indonesia experienced a series of moderate earthquakes this week, including an M5.6 event 78 km NNE of Tobelo, an M5.5 quake 187 km SSW of Pelabuhanratu, and an M5.2 quake 210 km WNW of Abepura, among others ranging from M4.5 to M5.2 across various regions including near Ruteng, Dampit, and Labuha.

Volcano Krakatau continues to erupt, remaining at orange alert level as of the latest update.

Summarised from Hazardly's tracked events for the seven days to 19 September 2026 · no external sources. Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 19 Sept, 20:41 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.