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The Earth
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THE PLANETARY JOURNAL / DAILY EDITION

30 September 2026.

One planet. One day. A permanent record.

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LAST COLLECTION 21:59 UTC

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Earthquakes · M4.5+

18

Within the daily record

Largest earthquake

M 5.6

Observed magnitude

Space-weather records

3

Bulletins and significant flares

Source checks complete

7 / 8

Partial coverage · see source notes

The world today

33 LOCATED RECORDS
Locations of the recorded natural events. Linked markers open the event record.M 4.6 - 131 km SE of Itoman, JapanM 4.9 - 136 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, RussiaM 5.0 - 142 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, RussiaHurricane NoloSuper Typhoon SurigaeHurricane RachelM 5.0 - 27 km N of Kupang, IndonesiaM 5.1 - 121 km S of Kokopo, Papua New GuineaM 5.2 - Balleny Islands regionM 5.0 - 83 km NE of Tadine, New CaledoniaM 4.6 - 3 km W of Thívai, GreeceM 5.6 - 74 km S of Yonakuni, JapanM 5.4 - Balleny Islands regionM 4.5 - 112 km SSW of Banda Aceh, IndonesiaM 4.5 - 104 km SSE of Sarangani, PhilippinesM 4.8 - 18 km SW of Tayaman, PhilippinesM 4.8 - 75 km NE of Tadine, New CaledoniaHurricane PoloGreen notification for tropical cyclone CHOI-WAN-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0 (0 in Tropical Storm).M 4.7 - 50 km N of Fangale’ounga, TongaM 4.8 - South Sandwich Islands regionGreen notification for tropical cyclone NINETEEN-E-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0 (0 in Tropical Storm).M 4.9 - 61 km NW of Pante Makasar, Timor LesteM 4.8 - 97 km W of Petrolia, CAGreen notification for tropical cyclone HANNA-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0 (0 in Tropical Storm).Green notification for tropical cyclone RACHEL-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0 (0 in Tropical Storm).Green notification for tropical cyclone SURIGAE-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0 (0 in Tropical Storm).Red notification for tropical cyclone POLO-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.222 million .Green notification for tropical cyclone NOLO-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0 (0 in Tropical Storm).Drought is on going in Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, South Sudan, ChadDrought is on going in Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, UgandaDrought is on going in The Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, El SalvadorDrought is on going in Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Ukraine,
EarthquakesStormsDrought

Markers show source-reported points, not affected areas. Space-weather records appear separately.

Seismic rhythm

M4.5+ / UTC HOURS
00:0006:0012:0018:0023:00

Bars count earthquakes in the collected daily record. Unelapsed hours have no observations.

Beyond the atmosphere

NOAA SWPC ↗

Strongest recorded flare today

C8.6

Latest estimated Kp / 9

0.67

Kp 5 marks the G1 geomagnetic threshold. Flare class alone does not predict an Earth impact. Last sample 18:00 UTC.

The event ledger

36 RECORDS

Context

12:00 UTC

Hurricane Nolo

NASA EONET event context. Location and timing may be approximate; follow the original source for authoritative details.

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Source geometry date

Context

12:00 UTC

Super Typhoon Surigae

NASA EONET event context. Location and timing may be approximate; follow the original source for authoritative details.

NASA EONET ↗

Source geometry date

Context

12:00 UTC

Hurricane Rachel

NASA EONET event context. Location and timing may be approximate; follow the original source for authoritative details.

NASA EONET ↗

Source geometry date

Context

00:00 UTC

Hurricane Polo

NASA EONET event context. Location and timing may be approximate; follow the original source for authoritative details.

NASA EONET ↗

Source geometry date

About this edition

Source health & methodology ↗

Reporting interval: 2026-09-30, 00:00–24:00 UTC. Issued bulletins and event observations are labelled separately. Future-dated or malformed records are withheld. This page preserves a dated record and does not certify that any warning is currently active.

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The ocean record

Dated observations, not live warnings

Sea-surface observations

2026-09-28

Temperature & anomaly maps ↗

NOAA ENSO advisory

El Niño Advisory

Advisory, history & outlook ↗

Latest captured RONI

+1.36°C

JJA 2026 · three-month mean