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Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's coast, toppling buildings and killing at least 2

8 news sources are covering this World story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.

9sources
11articles
14velocity
+0%since first seen
45d agofirst detected

🌍 Cross-language spread

PULSE detected this story across 3 language editions of the world's news.

🇬🇧 English Aug 15, 03:07 UTC
🇮🇹 Italian Aug 15, 04:41 UTC · Sky TG24
🇪🇸 Spanish Aug 15, 09:22 UTC · RTVE.es

Detected by matching proper nouns and figures that survive translation. Times reflect when each edition's coverage was first indexed.

Velocity

How fast coverage is spreading — measured hourly from article rate × source diversity. How this works →

The brief

"Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's coast, toppling buildings and killing at least 2" is generating significant coverage in the World category, with 9 articles from 8 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.

Outlets currently covering the story include People.com, Yahoo, The New York Times and ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.

This brief was generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only. The latest headlines from every source are listed below; the velocity chart shows how the story is developing in real time.

Generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 44d ago.

Quick answers

Why is "Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's coast, toppling buildings and k" trending?

Because 8 independent news sources published 9 articles about it in a short window — a coverage burst PULSE classifies as a trend.

How does PULSE measure this trend?

PULSE scores velocity from the rate of new articles weighted by source diversity, snapshotted hourly. The full method is public on our methodology page.

Is this trend still active?

The status badge on this page updates hourly: rising, peaking, cooling, or archived once coverage stops for 48 hours.

Coverage (11)

Topics

Magnitude Indonesia

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