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Wildfires in Antofagasta
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 UTC
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 1,720 km² of Antofagasta at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 239 km², ranking 9th of 16 regions of Chile.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2025, with 402 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 100 km². The 2021–2025 average is 169% higher than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
October, November and December together hold 32% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 October 2025, with detections in 125 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,720 km² with at least one detection, 18% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,310 | 76% |
| 2 years | 110 | 6.4% |
| 3 to 5 years | 180 | 10% |
| 6 to 10 years | 101 | 5.9% |
| 11 years or more | 25 | 1.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -23.75, -70.25 and holds 40% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 100 | 916 |
| 2013 | 134 | 1,092 |
| 2014 | 136 | 1,163 |
| 2015 | 133 | 1,090 |
| 2016 | 179 | 1,352 |
| 2017 | 205 | 1,416 |
| 2018 | 188 | 1,245 |
| 2019 | 192 | 1,195 |
| 2020 | 237 | 1,351 |
| 2021 | 277 | 1,351 |
| 2022 | 375 | 1,662 |
| 2023 | 385 | 1,494 |
| 2024 | 398 | 1,445 |
| 2025 | 402 | 1,631 |
Other regions of Chile
- La Araucanía2,380 km² in an average year
- Biobío1,440 km² in an average year
- Maule1,420 km² in an average year
- Ñuble1,260 km² in an average year
- Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins690 km² in an average year
- Región Metropolitana de Santiago445 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.
Nearby regions
- Atacama389 km
- Tarapacá389 km
- Jujuy, Argentina559 km
- Salta, Argentina614 km
- Tucumán, Argentina634 km
- La Rioja, Argentina680 km