Indonesia

Brief · 15 September 2026

Indonesia recorded intense wildfire activity this week alongside a dense cluster of moderate-to-strong earthquakes and continuing volcanic unrest at three peaks. Numerous red-severity wildfires were detected across the country, several escalating sharply in fire radiative power, while earthquakes up to M6.5 struck multiple regions including repeated activity near Ruteng.

Wildfire Several red-severity wildfires are active across Indonesia, with new detections reaching total fire radiative power as high as 10,392 MW. Two ongoing fires (near -3.19, 111.85 and another unnamed blaze) are escalating, with FRP increases of 320% in 38 hours and 103% in 42 hours respectively, while forest fires first tracked on 27 August and 1 September have burned 6,518 ha and 5,434 ha.

Earthquake Indonesia experienced a cluster of earthquakes this week, the largest an M6.5 event 126 km NNE of Teluknaga at 372 km depth, felt in 21 reports and exposing about 140,438 people. Repeated M4.5–M5.3 quakes struck near Ruteng, Ternate, Tobelo, Dampit, Pagar Alam, Labuha and Pelabuhanratu, with population exposures ranging from roughly 15,000 to over 300,000.

Volcano Sinabung, Krakatau and Karangetang are all at orange alert level. Krakatau continues to erupt, and Karangetang has entered a new eruptive phase.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 15 Sept, 10:03 UTC from Hazardly's own event records for the seven days to 15 September 2026. 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.