2026-09-13 archive

ARCHIVED · 0 LEFT · 1 CENTER · 1 RIGHT · Sep 13, 1:56 AM

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Flurry of small earthquakes rattle Southern California

KTLA5 (Nexstar, Los Angeles) and New York Post describe the same event in different terms.

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This is a stored Optics snapshot.It preserves the source map and wording analysis from 9/13/2026, 1:56:44 AM.

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What happenedFlurry of small earthquakes rattle Southern California.
What changedThe center frames it as "Flurry of small earthquakes rattle Southern California". The right frames it as "Barrage of earthquakes suddenly strike Southern California".
ConfidenceLow. Two-source or narrow-bucket comparison.
Archive healthDeveloping · 2 sources · 2 buckets

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54WORDING GAP

2 sources · 2 bias buckets · Low confidence

Still Watching. The center frames it as "Flurry of small earthquakes rattle Southern California". The right frames it as "Barrage of earthquakes suddenly strike Southern California".

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Sep 13, 12:08 AM: KTLA5 (Nexstar, Los Angeles) joined the source map.

Sep 13, 12:59 AM: New York Post joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 54/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.

ARCHIVED SOURCES

Center ·News report

Flurry of small earthquakes rattle Southern California

Dozens of small earthquakes have struck across Southern California within the past 24 hours, including a 3.4-magnitude quake that shook off the coast of Catalina Island early Saturday morni...

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Center-right ·News report

Barrage of earthquakes suddenly strike Southern California

Dozens of earthquakes struck Southern California on Saturday — with a major cluster concentrated in South Los Angeles.

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