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Daily Brief — 2026-09-26

What the instruments said. Dated, sourced, and never quietly fixed.
window 2026-09-25T06:47:01Z → 2026-09-26T06:47:01Z 10 of 92 sources reporting · generated 2026-09-26T06:47:01Z
PIPELINE: manifest generated 2026-09-26T06:46:17Z · newest fetch 2026-09-26T06:46:17Z

An enabled source is dark: gdacs_events (since 2026-09-24T23:53:59.502794+00:00).

1 · Largest earthquake · 24 h · USGS

M6.6 — 80 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia, depth 10 km
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program · observed 2026-09-25T21:23:03Z · fetched 06:44 UTC · Public domain (US Government)
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2 · Highest active GDACS alert

Highest GDACS alert: no active alert in the last 24 h; the GDACS feed has not updated since 2026-09-24T23:53:59Z (30.9 h).
GDACS (Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System, JRC) · observed 2026-09-24T23:53:59Z · fetched 23:53 UTC · CC-BY 4.0
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3 · Fire detections · 24 h · NASA FIRMS (VIIRS)

3,677 VIIRS fire detections in 24 h — no 7-day median yet — count record since 2026-09-24
NASA FIRMS (VIIRS SNPP) · observed 2026-09-26T06:01:00Z · fetched 06:04 UTC · NASA open data
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4 · Instrument of the day · Planetary Kp · NOAA SWPC

Geomagnetic storm scale G0 (none) — numeric Kp series not parseable in today's cache
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · observed 2026-09-26T06:43:00Z · fetched 06:45 UTC · window as of 2026-09-26T06:43:00Z · Public Domain (US Gov)
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5 · Went dark / came back · 24 h delta

No enabled source went dark or came back in this window.
computed against 2026-09-25 · a retired layer is never “dark” — retirement is a dated decision, not a failure