npm i -f doesn't sound like a good idea...
Instead, add fsevents to optional dependencies (if fsevents is in your package.json):
"optionalDependencies": { "fsevents": "^2.0.7"}
@Aaron is correct. This was failing when I was running npm install from within maven-frontend-plugin.
I resolved the issue using the command npm i -f( npm install forced)
npm i -f
fsevents is an OS X-only module, you can't install it on Windows.