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Wildfires in Murqub
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 446 km² of Murqub at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 47 km², ranking 8th of 22 regions of Libya.
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 2019, with 89 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 23 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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 31% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 8 April 2024, with detections in 8 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 446 km² with at least one detection, 6.8% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 369 | 83% |
| 2 years | 47 | 11% |
| 3 to 5 years | 21 | 4.7% |
| 6 to 10 years | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 11 years or more | 9.4 | 2.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 32.75, 14.25 and holds 39% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 48 | 237 |
| 2013 | 48 | 333 |
| 2014 | 46 | 327 |
| 2015 | 41 | 209 |
| 2016 | 45 | 271 |
| 2017 | 23 | 224 |
| 2018 | 37 | 245 |
| 2019 | 89 | 375 |
| 2020 | 53 | 179 |
| 2021 | 37 | 170 |
| 2022 | 45 | 338 |
| 2023 | 47 | 337 |
| 2024 | 47 | 309 |
| 2025 | 54 | 373 |
Other regions of Libya
- Ajdabiya382 km² in an average year
- Tripoli District80 km² in an average year
- Sabha78 km² in an average year
- Benghazi57 km² in an average year
- Ghadames54 km² in an average year
- Az Zawiyah51 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
- Tripoli District93 km
- Misratah109 km
- Az Zawiyah140 km
- Nuqat al Khams187 km
- Mizdah251 km
- Sfax, Tunisia392 km