Global Fault Lines: How Today’s Earthquake Became Everyone’s Problem Before Sunrise
The ground shook this morning—again—somewhere between Tashkent and Tehran, and within minutes the entire planet began its familiar pantomime of panic, solidarity, and opportunistic brand tweets. A 6.8 magnitude quake rattled the steppe at 04:17 UTC, the sort of hour when seismologists are already awake (they never really sleep) and the rest of us pretend…