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Last 24 hours · struck 14:04 UTC
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22 economies depend on Strait of Hormuz, 8 of them critically. Most exposed: China, India, Iraq, Japan, South Korea, Kuwait, Qatar, Thailand. Cargo at stake: crude oil, LNG.
Watch — Strait of Hormuz daily transits4 / day · normal 84 · 04 OCT 2026
2 economies depend on Kerch Strait, 1 of them critically. Most exposed: Ukraine, Russia. Cargo at stake: grain.
Watch — Kerch Strait daily transits0 / day · normal 19 · 04 OCT 2026
22 economies depend on Strait of Hormuz, 8 of them critically. Most exposed: China, India, Iraq, Japan, South Korea, Kuwait, Qatar, Thailand. Cargo at stake: crude oil, LNG.
Watch — Strait of Hormuz daily transits4 / day · normal 84 · 04 OCT 2026
M6.9 earthquakecentral Mid-Atlantic Ridge
M6.7 earthquakecentral Mid-Atlantic Ridge
M6.1 earthquake17 km W of Río Grande, Panama
How protests have shaped India: From anti-Hindi agitation to farm lawsIndia
4 outlets1 of 4 front pages
Iran threatens Gulf data centres: How exposed is the region’s internet?Iran
3 outlets1 of 4 front pages
Hungarian MPs scrap Orbán's anti-LGBTQ measuresHungary
3 outlets1 of 4 front pages
Sep 2026 ran below its usual range since 2019.
4 / day normal 8404 OCT 2026 · 9 days old
Sep 2026 sat within its usual range since 2019.
209 / day normal 21204 OCT 2026 · 9 days old
Sep 2026 sat within its usual range since 2019.
46 / day normal 5204 OCT 2026 · 9 days old
M6.7 central Mid-Atlantic Ridge: the strongest within 300 km since 04 SEP 202213 OCT 2026 · the last as strong: M6.9, central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
M6.7
M6.9 central Mid-Atlantic Ridge: the strongest within 300 km since 04 SEP 202213 OCT 2026 · the last as strong: M6.9, central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
M6.9
The call of 12 OCT 2026 Saudi Arabia: more — 10 headlines, then 13Counted over the 16 outlets that answered on both days
10 → 13
India: more headlines, or fewer, on the wire at tomorrow’s cut?
8 of the 295 headlines on the wire at 06:10 UTC named it, across 16 outletsMake the call in the terminal →Struck 2026-10-13 14:04 UTC from World Bank (214 economies), IMF PortWatch (12 chokepoints, 12 records), the wire (540 headlines from 22 of 22 outlets, 4 front pages) and USGS (50 quakes). No model wrote this; every clause is computed.