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Wildfires in Moquegua
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 841 km² of Moquegua at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 100 km², ranking 23rd of 26 regions of Peru.
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 2021, with 134 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 47 km². The 2021–2025 average is 43% 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.
February, March and April together hold 35% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 15 October 2024, with detections in 18 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 841 km² with at least one detection, 12% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 593 | 71% |
| 2 years | 144 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 72 | 8.6% |
| 6 to 10 years | 26 | 3.1% |
| 11 years or more | 5.9 | 0.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -17.25, -71.25 and holds 75% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 47 | 299 |
| 2013 | 121 | 454 |
| 2014 | 87 | 376 |
| 2015 | 66 | 345 |
| 2016 | 94 | 450 |
| 2017 | 88 | 408 |
| 2018 | 126 | 440 |
| 2019 | 74 | 419 |
| 2020 | 109 | 395 |
| 2021 | 134 | 392 |
| 2022 | 123 | 440 |
| 2023 | 109 | 456 |
| 2024 | 119 | 500 |
| 2025 | 110 | 428 |
Other regions of Peru
- San Martín7,840 km² in an average year
- Ucayali7,180 km² in an average year
- Huanuco5,660 km² in an average year
- Loreto5,240 km² in an average year
- Junín3,900 km² in an average year
- Madre de Dios2,920 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
- Arequipa175 km
- Oruro, Bolivia322 km
- Tarapacá, Chile349 km
- Puno396 km
- Apurímac444 km
- La Paz, Bolivia457 km