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Space and Quakes (2nd Update – 5.9 quake in Northern Mariana Islands) (Update – Cyclonic Storm 02S is now Yvette) (1 Asteroid for today)
December 21, 2016 7:45am (EST) Update 9:40am (EST) 2nd Update 1:05pm (EST)
Asteroids: (LD) lunar distance — all (LD)s are 10 or under and minimum distances.
| Dec. 21 | 2015 YQ1 | 11 meters | 5.58 (LD) |
| Dec. 22 | 2016 YJ | 17 meters | 1.21 (LD) |
| Dec. 23 | 2016 YS | 46 meters | 3.92 (LD) |
| Dec, 24 | 2016 YF | 35 meters | 8.66 (LD) |
| Dec. 27 | 2016 YR | 15 meters | 7.14 (LD) |
Solar Winds: Earth is inside a stream of solar wind that will last for days producing nice auroras with chances of G1-class geomagnetic storms.
Sunspots: New sunspot 2620 is quiet and poses no threat for strong solar flares at this time.
Earthquakes: There has been 11 quakes of 4+ magnitude over the last 10 hours. 2nd UPDATE 5.9 below.
| Time (UTC) | Magnitude | Location |
| an hour ago (11:18am) | 5.0 | Pampas, Huancavelica, Peru |
| 1 hour ago (4:43pm) | 5.9 | Agrihan Village, Northern Mariana Islands |
Storms: Tropical Storm (Cyclonic Storm 02S) is still northwest of Australia and south of Indonesia. UPDATE — Tropical Storm (Cyclonic Storm 02S) is now Yvette and forecast to move south at this time. A Tropical Depression has formed south pf Guam and west of Palau. The storm is forecast to move northwest at this time.
