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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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As of September 13, 2026 at 12:59 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.

What happened Flurry of small earthquakes rattle Southern California.
The headline split 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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CenterFlurry of small earthquakes rattle Southern California

KTLA5 (Nexstar, Los Angeles) · Center · News report

Right / center-rightBarrage of earthquakes suddenly strike Southern California

New York Post · Center-right · News report

SEE THE HEADLINES

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KTLA5 (Nexstar, Los Angeles)News report · Sep 13, 12:08 AM

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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New York PostNews report · Sep 13, 12:59 AM

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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Details54/99 Wording Gap · Low confidence · 2 sources
54/99 Wording GapLow confidence2 sources · 2 bias bucketsDeveloping · 2 sources · 2 bucketsFormats: News report

SOURCE MAP CHANGES

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.