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The Earth
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THE PLANETARY JOURNAL / DAILY EDITION

28 September 2026.

One planet. One day. A permanent record.

Day closed · provisional

LAST COLLECTION 23:52 UTC

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Earthquakes · M4.5+

27

Within the daily record

Largest earthquake

M 5.4

Observed magnitude

Space-weather records

1

Bulletins and significant flares

Source checks complete

7 / 8

Partial coverage · see source notes

The world today

38 LOCATED RECORDS
Locations of the recorded natural events. Linked markers open the event record.M 4.9 - 2 km SW of Sakai, JapanM 4.6 - 36 km SE of Hualien City, TaiwanM 4.8 - 155 km NNW of Kilmia, YemenM 4.9 - 124 km SE of Pondaguitan, PhilippinesTropical Storm HannaGreen notification for tropical cyclone HANNA-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0 (0 in Tropical Storm).M 4.7 - 115 km WSW of Banda Aceh, IndonesiaM 4.9 - 22 km WNW of Malango, Solomon IslandsM 5.4 - north of SvalbardM 4.7 - Fiji region95 miles W of Port Alice, British ColumbiaM 5.2 - 190 km WSW of Port McNeill, CanadaM 4.7 - 65 km E of Pilar, PhilippinesM 4.7 - 149 km NE of Hicks Bay, New ZealandM 5.2 - 67 km ENE of Tadine, New CaledoniaM 4.9 - 39 km ENE of Tadine, New CaledoniaM 4.6 - 63 km ENE of Tadine, New CaledoniaM 5.1 - 78 km ENE of Tadine, New CaledoniaM 4.6 - northwest of the Kuril IslandsM 4.9 - South Sandwich Islands regionM 5.4 - 231 km WSW of Port McNeill, CanadaM 5.1 - South Sandwich Islands regionM 5.3 - 60 km NE of Tadine, New CaledoniaM 4.9 - 195 km WSW of Port McNeill, CanadaM 4.9 - 43 km W of Palauig, PhilippinesM 4.8 - 80 km E of Tadine, New CaledoniaM 4.5 - 74 km SE of Ossora, RussiaM 4.5 - Fiji regionVolcanic eruption is on going for Etna in ItalyM 4.8 - 2 km W of Guaymate, Dominican RepublicM 4.5 - 0 km ESE of Naisano Dua, IndonesiaGreen notification for tropical cyclone RACHEL-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0 (0 in Tropical Storm).Tropical Cyclone 01BGreen 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 0.246 million .Green notification for tropical cyclone FAY-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0 (0 in Tropical Storm).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).Orange flood alert in India
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Markers show source-reported points, not affected areas. Space-weather records appear separately. Collection began partway through this day; earlier bulletins may be missing.

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

C2.5

Latest estimated Kp / 9

0.67

Kp 5 marks the G1 geomagnetic threshold. Flare class alone does not predict an Earth impact. Last sample 21:00 UTC.

The event ledger

39 RECORDS

Context

15:00 UTC

Tropical Storm Hanna

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

2026-09-24

Tropical Cyclone 01B

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

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Source geometry date

About this edition

Source health & methodology ↗

Reporting interval: 2026-09-28, 00:00–24:00 UTC. This first edition has a partial collection window. 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

No ocean/climate capture was available at this edition’s collection time. Later observations are not backdated into this record.