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Hormuz

The Strait of Hormuz — the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman through which roughly a fifth of the world's oil passes.

As of 13 Oct 2026Last evidence 13 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • Strait of Hormuz

    Registered event · reported 24 May 2026 to 13 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Super oil tanker catches fire after hitting sea mine in Strait of Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 11 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • IRGC reports fire aboard LPG carrier in Strait of Hormuz, warns against unauthorized transit

    Reported claim · first reported 9 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Trump envoy kept financial ties to firm behind $15 billion Hormuz-bypass oil pipeline plan

    Reported claim · first reported 9 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Israel Iran Conflict

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 8 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

All 13 events and claims involving Hormuz

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 109 mentions on 13 Oct 2026, against 164 on 22 Sept 2026 (-34%).
  • State Changes between snapshots: cannot measure, no state history is kept for Hormuz yet.
  • Claims No claim first reported since 12 Oct 2026.

How well we know this

3,467 documents · 257 publishers · 40% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 13 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.395: about 61% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 1 receipt withheld: no source link (the same rule the topic record applies)

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside Hormuz

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

IranOilTrumpMiddle EastSaudi ArabiaUnited StatesIsraelYemenRed Sea
  • Iran · 2,798 shared documents
  • Oil · 2,368 shared documents
  • Trump · 1,520 shared documents
  • Middle East · 1,472 shared documents
  • Saudi Arabia · 1,290 shared documents
  • United States · 1,220 shared documents
  • Israel · 1,080 shared documents
  • Yemen · 1,043 shared documents
  • Red Sea · 857 shared documents
  • Oil Prices · 833 shared documents · no page of its own yet

Story momentum

Rising

Daily mentions +230% from 29 Aug 2026 to 13 Oct 2026, between 19 and 191 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Hormuz, day by day.

Market price, cited

Not priced yet

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For developers

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Events involving Hormuz

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • Strait of Hormuz

    Registered event · reported 24 May 2026 to 13 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Super oil tanker catches fire after hitting sea mine in Strait of Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 11 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • IRGC reports fire aboard LPG carrier in Strait of Hormuz, warns against unauthorized transit

    Reported claim · first reported 9 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Trump envoy kept financial ties to firm behind $15 billion Hormuz-bypass oil pipeline plan

    Reported claim · first reported 9 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Israel Iran Conflict

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 8 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Brent Holds Above $100 as Hormuz Tanker Traffic Hits Two-Month Low

    Reported claim · first reported 8 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    single source

  • Iran says Strait of Hormuz could reopen within a week as Tehran weighs US response

    Reported claim · first reported 8 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Tanker Attacks Spread Beyond the Strait of Hormuz as Gulf Freight Costs Soar

    Reported claim · first reported 8 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    single source

  • Saudi envoy says allied Yemeni forces capture Bab el Mandeb strait from Houthis: What to know

    Reported claim · first reported 7 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Iran lost complete control of Hormuz, its economy is in 'total freefall': Rubio

    Reported claim · first reported 7 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Attacks on tankers in Hormuz hit highest of any week since start of Iran war, sources say

    Reported claim · first reported 7 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • 11 Indian Seafarers Injured After Attack On Commercial Tanker In Strait of Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 7 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Attack risks rise for tankers as Iran vows to block more Hormuz routes

    Reported claim · first reported 7 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

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Evidence
3,244 documents · 326 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 14 Apr 2026, last seen 13 Oct 2026
Measured
25% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
13 Oct 2026
10 links from here

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What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names Hormuz, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

Evidence tiers: primary source = an official public record · attributed = a named outlet, receipt linked · lead = observed, not yet receipted.

Markets materially about Hormuz

Markets whose question is about Hormuz or names it as a party. Each row says how the market relates to Hormuz and why. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue.

What it connects to

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Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 13 Oct 2026.