Tomorrow is the last day of the month, so it's newsletter day!
I'll probably remove the earthquake-related quests at that point. If you started writing something but the quest was removed, it's still okay to submit it, so don't worry!
Keep writing your story at your own pace. Many roleplays that I participated in the past employed a concept known as "
liquid time", meaning that time doesn't have to correspond perfectly between all the roleplayers. We sort of
pretend that it matches up, even if one day elapsed for Player A and seven days elapsed for Player B -- it's still okay for everyone to participate in current events.
There isn't a 'canon' or 'official' date in Sky Archipelago. Given players' writing speeds, time probably moves slower in the game than in real life.