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Space and Quakes (4th Update – Otto is now a Hurricane)(3rd Update – More Quakes in Japan and New Zealand) (2nd Update – Quake in Fiji) (Update – Japan still having quakes) (Quakes in Japan and New Zealand)
November 22, 2016 8:15am (EST) Update 9:55am (EST) 2nd Update 12:15pm (EST) 3rd Update 3:20 (EST) 4th Update 4:20 (EST)
Asteroids:There is one asteroid (2016 WG) size 95 meters passing at the distance of 4.16 (LD) on the 25th and one asteroid (2016 WQ) size 34 meters passing at the distance of 4.36 (LD) on the 30th.
(LD) lunar distance — all (LD)s are 10 or under and minimum distances.
Solar Winds: A stream of solar wind should reach Earth today or tomorrow, causing G1-class geomagnetic storms and auroras.
Sunspots: Sunspot AR2611 still poses no threat for strong solar flares at this time.
Earthquakes: There has been 21 quakes of 4+ magnitude in the last 12 hours. There has been quakes of 5.6 in Castlepoint, Wellington and Otane, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand 12 hours ago, 5.0 / 5.1 in Namie, Fukushima, Japan 10 hours ago and 5.3 in Culverden, Canterbury, New Zealand 7 hours ago. UPDATE — Namie, Fukushima, Japan had a 5.2 about 45 minutes ago. 2nd UPDATE — There was quakes of 5.0 in Levuka, Eastern, Fiji about an hour ago. 3rd UPDATE — More quakes in, Tateyama, Chiba, Japan a 5.4 about an hour ago also in Te Kaha a 5.2 and Matata, Bay of Plenty, a 5.0 New Zealand about 40 minutes ago.
Quake ratings — 4-4.9 / Light 5-5.9 / Moderate 6-6.9 / Strong 7-7.9 / Major 8-8.9 / Great
Storms: Tropical Storm Otto is north of Panama and forecast to move west-northwest. There is a tropical storm watch for San Andres, also Nicaragua, Costa Rica and the Providencia Island should keep a watch on Otto. 4th UPDATE — Otto is now a Hurricane, so from Panama up to Nicaragua and San Andres Island you better watch this storm.
