{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "slug": "earthquakes-today",
  "title": "Earthquakes Today",
  "canonical_url": "https://signalmeaning.com/signals/earthquakes-today/",
  "json_url": "https://signalmeaning.com/data/signals/earthquakes-today.json",
  "summary": "Multiple recent small-to-moderate earthquakes reported across different U.S. regions driving real-time search interest and alerts",
  "why_now": "Multiple quakes were reported in short succession, creating immediate public concern and search activity for 'earthquakes today' to aggregate scattered local reports.",
  "evidence_summary": "Multiple contemporaneous local earthquake reports generate spikes in information-seeking for events, locations, magnitudes, and safety — a local news/civic event signal.",
  "caveat": "Signal Type: Local News / Civic Event",
  "collected_at": "Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:00:00 -0700",
  "signal_type": "Local News / Civic Event",
  "score": 92.0,
  "score_field": "adjusted_score",
  "state": "PUBLISH",
  "evidence": [
    "Magnitude 4.2 quake hits Puget Sound area centered west-northwest of Gig Harbor - KOMO",
    "Update: 2.2 magnitude earthquake struck close to Costa Mesa, CA on Sept. 29 - Sacramento Bee"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Magnitude 4.2 quake hits Puget Sound area centered west-northwest of Gig Harbor - KOMO",
      "source": "KOMO",
      "url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMihAJBVV95cUxNWWFxME1EMnV1SUUyY1ZtdWJzRGc0MjF5bml0dnlMSkZyd3BLVF9sQ0dKODdkU0VsRWV4RGU5bVhvSkFRVTN5QXcwTjgtZTRjV0U5aTdaUVpBcDZUd0hfczJzZzVYUHlGTXFLMnMyV1hwZW4wcHB4RW1KR3VUVDdoZXI0V05tSEwzODhwazNITXhOQmlSdmpwZTFHRE9rTDFOalpNU19mWVhvVTZfTVFJQ2RFVmpNXzlLRXJ2b1JWdm5ZZVNVN2RubDE1T1IwSy1oU21jZW5iZ0RUWWxvTzNzV3daVEM4WW0wX3lJZTBNcFRhOUUwd1Vza2xwd29rNnhNUzRSbg?oc=5"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "record_id": "202609300703_signal_Quality-6-earthquakes-today",
    "batch_id": "202609300703",
    "input_files": {
      "Quality": "202609300703_signal_Quality.txt",
      "Musk": "202609300703_signal_Musk.txt",
      "Kurzweil": "202609300659_signal_Kurzweil.txt",
      "Jobs": "202609300657_signal_Jobs.txt",
      "Buffett": "202609300655_signal_Buffett.txt",
      "Bezos": "202609300655_signal_Bezos.txt"
    }
  }
}