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Daily Brief — 2026-09-28

What the instruments said. Dated, sourced, and never quietly fixed.

window 2026-09-27T06:47:01Z → 2026-09-28T06:47:01Z 11 of 92 sources reporting · generated 2026-09-28T06:47:01Z

PIPELINE: manifest generated 2026-09-28T06:46:17Z · newest fetch 2026-09-28T06:46:17Z

GDACS holds a Red alert: GDACS Red — Tropical Cyclone, Mexico.

1 · Largest earthquake · 24 h · USGS

M5.4 — 231 km WSW of Port McNeill, Canada, depth 10 km

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program · observed 2026-09-28T04:41:21Z · fetched 06:44 UTC · Public domain (US Government)
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2 · Highest active GDACS alert

GDACS Red — Tropical Cyclone, Mexico

GDACS (Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System, JRC) · observed 2026-09-28T03:00:00Z · fetched 06:38 UTC · CC-BY 4.0
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3 · Fire detections · 24 h · NASA FIRMS (VIIRS)

4,037 VIIRS fire detections in 24 h — no 7-day median yet — count record since 2026-09-24

NASA FIRMS (VIIRS SNPP) · observed 2026-09-28T04:02:00Z · fetched 06:04 UTC · NASA open data
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4 · Instrument of the day · Brent crude · FRED

Brent crude $114.89/bbl (FRED, series date 2026-09-22) — a daily market series; newest point is 6.3 d old

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) · observed 2026-09-22T00:00:00Z · fetched 00:55 UTC · window as of 2026-09-22 · Public (US Government)
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5 · Went dark / came back · 24 h delta

Came back

gdacs_events — dark since 2026-09-24T23:53:59.502794+00:00, back at 2026-09-28T06:38:54.314669+00:00

computed against 2026-09-27 · a retired layer is never “dark” — retirement is a dated decision, not a failure