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The daily journal · Earth, atmosphere & space

14 October 2026.

A source-linked record of our changing planet.

Day closed · provisional

LAST COLLECTION 23:47 UTC

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518 source records captured in this UTC edition. Last collection: . 1 event feed check is incomplete. This covers our monitored feeds—not every event worldwide or a measure of global safety.

Earthquakes · M4.5+

14

Within the daily record

Largest earthquake

M 5.9

Observed magnitude

Space-weather records

0

Bulletins and significant flares

Event feed checks

8 / 9

Partial coverage · see source notes

The world today

19 LOCATED RECORDS
Locations of the recorded natural events. Linked markers open the event record.M 4.5 - 82 km SSW of Mil’kovo, RussiaM 4.7 - central Mid-Atlantic RidgeOrange notification for tropical cyclone CHAMPI-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.175 million .M 5.9 - Fiji regionPrescribed Fire Newman Piles RX, Coconino, ArizonaM 4.6 - 42 km NNE of Kilimatinde, TanzaniaM 4.9 - 121 km S of Kokopo, Papua New GuineaM 4.7 - 10 km S of La Mesa, PanamaM 4.9 - 16 km WSW of La Tirana, ChileM 4.8 - North Atlantic OceanM 4.7 - 128 km S of Kokopo, Papua New GuineaM 4.6 - 75 km E of Kokopo, Papua New GuineaM 5.0 - 98 km NW of Coquimbo, ChileM 5.1 - 93 km NNW of Coquimbo, ChileM 4.8 - 5 km NW of Cepitá, ColombiaM 5.1 - 122 km S of Kokopo, Papua New GuineaOrange notification for tropical cyclone TRUDY-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 45247 .Green notification for tropical cyclone TWENTYEIGHT-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0 (0 in Tropical Storm).Orange notification for tropical cyclone SIMON-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 62 .
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Markers show source-reported points, not affected areas. Space-weather records appear separately.

THE DAY IN CONTEXT

Daily briefing

Captured 2026-10-14 23:58:45 UTC. Changes describe our source records, not Earth’s overall safety.

How to read this ↗
  1. 01Largest earthquake magnitude among records captured today: M 6.8 - central Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Event time: 2026-10-13 12:23 UTC. ↗
  2. 02A source record changed after an earlier capture: Hurricane Simon ↗
  3. 03297 NWS alert series captured today across its US coverage area. These are selected Severe/Extreme messages, not a count of separate storms. ↗
  4. 04GDACS published/updated at 14:31 UTC: Orange notification for tropical cyclone TWENTYNINE-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.158 million . ↗
  5. 051 event feed check is incomplete. Missing reports cannot establish a quiet day. ↗
Initial baseline
0
Newly tracked
127
Revised
174
Carried forward
150

Newly tracked means first seen by this journal after its source baseline. Revised takes precedence over other change labels. Carried forward means seen again today without a captured change, not necessarily an ongoing hazard. Source lookback windows include older records, so these counts differ from the dated ledger.

1 source cancellations/closures · 195 messages past their stated expiry · See individual records

Explore 451 tracked source series and their histories

Series may overlap across agencies. A message’s expiry or disappearance does not establish that a hazard has ended. Histories open the latest captured source record.

Coverage at this briefing’s capture
USGS ↗

ok · 11 records

Earthquakes M4.5+

Checked 23:58:45 UTC · Feed timestamp 2026-10-14 23:58:40 UTC

NOAA SWPC ↗

ok · 82 records

Space-weather bulletins

Checked 23:58:45 UTC

NOAA GOES ↗

partial · 51 records

Observed solar flares

Checked 23:58:45 UTC

NOAA Kp ↗

ok · 63 records

Geomagnetic observations

Checked 23:58:45 UTC · Feed timestamp 2026-10-14 18:00:00 UTC

GDACS ↗

ok · 11 records

Disaster reports

Checked 23:58:45 UTC · Feed timestamp 2026-10-14 23:55:02 UTC

NOAA Pacific ↗

ok · 1 records

Tsunami bulletins

Checked 23:58:45 UTC

NOAA National ↗

ok · 1 records

Tsunami bulletins

Checked 23:58:45 UTC

NASA EONET ↗

ok · 19 records

Natural-event context

Checked 23:58:45 UTC

NOAA NWS ↗

ok · 97 records

US and NWS-served territories/waters; Severe and Extreme alerts only

Checked 23:58:45 UTC · Feed timestamp 2026-10-14 23:58:37 UTC

Successful checks indicate feed access, not complete global coverage. Some feeds have no regular heartbeat. UK weather warnings are not yet included.

Global average air temperature

Copernicus / ERA5 · land and ocean

15.46°C

Observed 12 October 2026

Preliminary — may be revised

+0.86°C

Compared with the 1991–2020 average for this calendar day. This is near-surface air temperature, not sea-water temperature or an average of cities.

Source retrieved 2026-10-14 23:13 UTC. Daily observations usually lag by about two days.

Last 30 observed daysSolid: daily mean · Dashed: 1991–2020 daily average
14.5°15.5°16.5°2026-09-13: 16.33°C; anomaly +0.80°C; FINAL2026-09-14: 16.30°C; anomaly +0.79°C; FINAL2026-09-15: 16.26°C; anomaly +0.78°C; FINAL2026-09-16: 16.24°C; anomaly +0.79°C; FINAL2026-09-17: 16.18°C; anomaly +0.76°C; FINAL2026-09-18: 16.13°C; anomaly +0.73°C; FINAL2026-09-19: 16.10°C; anomaly +0.73°C; FINAL2026-09-20: 16.10°C; anomaly +0.76°C; FINAL2026-09-21: 16.12°C; anomaly +0.80°C; FINAL2026-09-22: 16.06°C; anomaly +0.78°C; FINAL2026-09-23: 16.06°C; anomaly +0.81°C; FINAL2026-09-24: 16.09°C; anomaly +0.86°C; FINAL2026-09-25: 16.08°C; anomaly +0.88°C; FINAL2026-09-26: 16.05°C; anomaly +0.89°C; FINAL2026-09-27: 16.01°C; anomaly +0.88°C; FINAL2026-09-28: 15.95°C; anomaly +0.85°C; FINAL2026-09-29: 15.85°C; anomaly +0.78°C; FINAL2026-09-30: 15.76°C; anomaly +0.72°C; FINAL2026-10-01: 15.70°C; anomaly +0.69°C; FINAL2026-10-02: 15.65°C; anomaly +0.68°C; FINAL2026-10-03: 15.62°C; anomaly +0.69°C; FINAL2026-10-04: 15.61°C; anomaly +0.71°C; FINAL2026-10-05: 15.64°C; anomaly +0.78°C; FINAL2026-10-06: 15.68°C; anomaly +0.85°C; FINAL2026-10-07: 15.68°C; anomaly +0.89°C; FINAL2026-10-08: 15.67°C; anomaly +0.92°C; FINAL2026-10-09: 15.62°C; anomaly +0.91°C; FINAL2026-10-10: 15.58°C; anomaly +0.90°C; FINAL2026-10-11: 15.53°C; anomaly +0.89°C; FINAL2026-10-12: 15.46°C; anomaly +0.86°C; PRELIMINARY2026-09-132026-10-12
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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

C6.9

Latest estimated Kp / 9

2.67

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

The event ledger

518 RECORDS

Severe

23:42 UTC

Freeze Watch issued October 14 at 5:42PM MDT until October 16 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Freeze Watch · Dawes; Box Butte; Scotts Bluff; Banner; Morrill; Kimball; Cheyenne; North Sioux; South Sioux; Converse County Lower Elevations; Niobrara County; Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains; Shirley Basin; Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County; East Platte County; Goshen County; Central Carbon County; North Snowy Range Foothills; Southwest Carbon County; Upper North Platte River Basin; Laramie Valley; South Laramie Range Foothills; Central Laramie County; East Laramie County. Severe; possible; urgency: future.

NOAA NWS ↗

Bulletin issued

Severe

22:37 UTC

Red Flag Warning issued October 14 at 3:37PM PDT until October 17 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA

Red Flag Warning · Western Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area; Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area; Santa Susana Mountains; Southern Ventura County Mountains; Northern Ventura County Mountains; Interstate 5 Corridor; Western San Gabriel Mountains and Highway 14 Corridor; Eastern San Gabriel Mountains; Western Antelope Valley Foothills; Eastern Antelope Valley Foothills. Severe; likely; urgency: expected.

NOAA NWS ↗

Bulletin issued

Severe

21:45 UTC

Fire Weather Watch issued October 14 at 4:45PM CDT until October 16 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Jackson MS

Fire Weather Watch · Ashley; Chicot; Morehouse; West Carroll; East Carroll; Richland; Madison; Franklin; Catahoula; Tensas; Concordia; Bolivar; Sunflower; Leflore; Grenada; Carroll; Montgomery; Webster; Clay; Lowndes; Choctaw; Oktibbeha; Washington; Humphreys; Holmes; Attala; Winston; Noxubee; Issaquena; Sharkey; Yazoo; Madison; Leake; Neshoba; Kemper; Warren; Hinds; Rankin; Scott; Newton; Lauderdale; Claiborne; Copiah; Simpson; Smith; Jasper; Clarke; Jefferson; Adams; Franklin; Lincoln; Lawrence; Jefferson Davis; Covington; Jones; Marion; Lamar; Forrest. Severe; possible; urgency: future.

NOAA NWS ↗

Bulletin issued

Severe

20:23 UTC

Fire Weather Watch issued October 14 at 3:23PM CDT until October 17 at 1:00AM CDT by NWS Shreveport LA

Fire Weather Watch · Sevier; Howard; Little River; Hempstead; Nevada; Miller; Lafayette; Columbia; Union; Caddo; Bossier; Webster; Claiborne; Lincoln; Union; De Soto; Red River; Bienville; Jackson; Ouachita; Sabine; Natchitoches; Winn; Grant; Caldwell; La Salle; McCurtain; Red River; Bowie; Franklin; Titus; Camp; Morris; Cass; Wood; Upshur; Marion; Smith; Gregg; Harrison; Cherokee; Rusk; Panola; Nacogdoches; Shelby; Angelina; San Augustine; Sabine. Severe; possible; urgency: future.

NOAA NWS ↗

Bulletin issued

Severe

20:15 UTC

Red Flag Warning issued October 14 at 1:15PM PDT until October 17 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA

Red Flag Warning · Western Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area; Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area; Santa Susana Mountains; Southern Ventura County Mountains; Northern Ventura County Mountains; Interstate 5 Corridor; Western San Gabriel Mountains and Highway 14 Corridor; Eastern San Gabriel Mountains. Severe; likely; urgency: expected.

NOAA NWS ↗

Bulletin issued

Severe

19:18 UTC

High Wind Warning issued October 14 at 1:18PM MDT until October 16 at 12:00PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM

High Wind Warning · West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet; Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet; Otero Mesa; East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo; Southeast Tularosa Basin; Western El Paso County; Eastern/Central El Paso County; Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains; Salt Basin; Southern Hudspeth Highlands; Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties; Rio Grande Valley of Eastern Hudspeth County. Severe; likely; urgency: expected.

NOAA NWS ↗

Bulletin issued

Severe

18:39 UTC

Freeze Watch issued October 14 at 12:39PM MDT until October 16 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Freeze Watch · Dawes; Box Butte; Scotts Bluff; Banner; Morrill; Kimball; Cheyenne; North Sioux; South Sioux; Converse County Lower Elevations; Niobrara County; Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains; Shirley Basin; Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County; East Platte County; Goshen County; Central Carbon County; North Snowy Range Foothills; Southwest Carbon County; Upper North Platte River Basin; Laramie Valley; South Laramie Range Foothills; Central Laramie County; East Laramie County. Severe; possible; urgency: future.

NOAA NWS ↗

Bulletin issued

Severe

17:52 UTC

Freeze Watch issued October 14 at 11:52AM MDT until October 16 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS Denver CO

Freeze Watch · Larimer County Below 6000 Feet/Northwest Weld County; Boulder And Jefferson Counties Below 6000 Feet/West Broomfield County; North Douglas County Below 6000 Feet/Denver/West Adams and Arapahoe Counties/East Broomfield County; Elbert/Central and East Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet; Northeast Weld County; Central and South Weld County; Morgan County; Central and East Adams and Arapahoe Counties; North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County; Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County; Logan County; Washington County; Sedgwick County; Phillips County. Severe; possible; urgency: future.

NOAA NWS ↗

Bulletin issued

Severe

17:22 UTC

High Wind Warning issued October 14 at 10:22AM MST until October 16 at 11:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

High Wind Warning · Upper Santa Cruz River and Altar Valleys including Nogales; Tucson Metro Area including Tucson/Green Valley/Marana/Vail; South Central Pinal County including Eloy/Picacho Peak State Park; Southeast Pinal County including Kearny/Mammoth/Oracle; Upper San Pedro River Valley including Sierra Vista/Benson; Eastern Cochise County Below 5000 Feet including Douglas/Willcox; Upper Gila River and Aravaipa Valleys including Clifton/Safford; Galiuro and Pinaleno Mountains including Mount Graham; Chiricahua Mountains including Chiricahua National Monument; Dragoon/Mule/Huachuca and Santa Rita Mountains including Bisbee/Canelo Hills/Madera Canyon; Santa Catalina and Rincon Mountains including Mount Lemmon/Summerhaven. Severe; likely; urgency: expected.

NOAA NWS ↗

Bulletin issued

Severe

17:14 UTC

Red Flag Warning issued October 14 at 10:14AM PDT until October 16 at 10:00AM PDT by NWS Sacramento CA

Red Flag Warning · Sierra Nevada of Tehama-Butte-Plumas Counties Between 1000-3000 ft; Sierra Nevada of Tehama-Butte-Plumas Counties Above 3000 ft; Northern Motherlode Between 1000-3000 ft; Sierra Nevada of Yuba-Sierra-Nevada-Placer Counties Between 3000-5000 ft Including Interstate 80; Sierra Nevada of Sierra-Nevada-Placer Counties Above 5000 ft Including Interstate 80; Central Motherlode Between 1000-3000 ft; Sierra Nevada of El Dorado and Amador Counties Between 3000-5000 ft Including Highway 50; Sierra Nevada of El Dorado-Amador-Northern Alpine Counties Above 5000 ft Including Highway 50; Southern Motherlode Between 1000-3000 ft; Sierra Nevada of Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties Between 3000-5000 ft; Sierra Nevada of Calaveras-Tuolumne-Southern Alpine Counties Above 5000 ft. Severe; likely; urgency: expected.

NOAA NWS ↗

Bulletin issued

Severe

12:19 UTC

High Wind Watch issued October 14 at 6:19AM MDT until October 16 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM

High Wind Watch · Lowlands of the Bootheel; Uplands of the Bootheel; West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet; Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet; Otero Mesa; East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo; Southeast Tularosa Basin; Western El Paso County; Eastern/Central El Paso County; Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains; Salt Basin; Southern Hudspeth Highlands; Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties; Rio Grande Valley of Eastern Hudspeth County. Severe; possible; urgency: future.

NOAA NWS ↗

Bulletin issued

Severe

10:19 UTC

Flood Watch issued October 14 at 5:19AM CDT until October 16 at 7:00AM CDT by NWS Midland/Odessa TX

Flood Watch · Gaines; Dawson; Borden; Scurry; Andrews; Martin; Howard; Mitchell; Loving; Winkler; Ector; Midland; Glasscock; Ward; Crane; Upton; Reagan; Pecos; Terrell; Reeves County Plains; Chinati Mountains; Marfa Plateau; Davis Mountains; Davis Mountains Foothills; Central Brewster County; Chisos Basin; Presidio Valley; Lower Brewster County. Severe; possible; urgency: future.

NOAA NWS ↗

Bulletin issued

Severe

08:44 UTC

Freeze Warning issued October 14 at 3:44AM CDT until October 14 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Bismarck ND

Freeze Warning · Divide; Burke; Renville; Bottineau; Williams; Mountrail; McHenry; McKenzie; Dunn; Mercer; Oliver; Sheridan; Golden Valley; Billings; Stark; Burleigh; Slope; Hettinger; Grant; Bowman; Adams; Emmons; Northwest Ward; Central and Southern Ward/Minot Area; Western McLean; Eastern McLean; Western Morton; Eastern Morton; Western Sioux; Eastern Sioux. Severe; likely; urgency: expected.

NOAA NWS ↗

Bulletin issued

Severe

04:49 UTC

High Wind Watch issued October 13 at 10:49PM MDT until October 16 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM

High Wind Watch · Lowlands of the Bootheel; Uplands of the Bootheel; West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet; Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet; Otero Mesa; Western El Paso County; Eastern/Central El Paso County; Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains; Salt Basin; Southern Hudspeth Highlands; Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties; Rio Grande Valley of Eastern Hudspeth County. Severe; possible; urgency: future.

NOAA NWS ↗

Bulletin issued

Severe

02:18 UTC

Freeze Warning issued October 13 at 9:18PM CDT until October 14 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Bismarck ND

Freeze Warning · Divide; Burke; Renville; Bottineau; Rolette; Williams; Mountrail; McHenry; Pierce; McKenzie; Dunn; Mercer; Oliver; Sheridan; Wells; Foster; Golden Valley; Billings; Stark; Burleigh; Kidder; Stutsman; Slope; Hettinger; Grant; Bowman; Adams; Emmons; Logan; La Moure; McIntosh; Dickey; Northwest Ward; Central and Southern Ward/Minot Area; Western McLean; Eastern McLean; Western Morton; Eastern Morton; Western Sioux; Eastern Sioux. Severe; likely; urgency: expected.

NOAA NWS ↗

Bulletin issued

About this edition

Source health & methodology ↗

Reporting interval: 2026-10-14, 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

Source dates differ from the capture date

Ocean observation date

2026-10-13

Temperature & anomaly maps ↗

NOAA ENSO advisory · issued 2026-10-08

El Niño Advisory

Advisory, history & outlook ↗

Latest captured RONI

+1.69°C

JAS 2026 · three-month mean