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December 8, 2016 8am (EST) Update 11:05am (EST) 2nd Update 11:45am (EST) 3rd Update 1:10pm (EST) 4th Update 1:35pm (EST) 5th Update 2:10pm (EST) 6th Update 3pm (EST) 7th Update 3:45pm (EST) 8th Update 4:15pm (EST) 9th Update 4:30pm (EST)
Asteroids: (LD) lunar distance — all (LD)s are 10 or under and minimum distances.
Dec 8 | 2016 WQ8 | 52 meters | 5.06 (LD) |
Solar Winds: Earth is entering a stream of solar wind that could cause G1-class geomagnetic storms and auroras over the next few days.
Sunspots: Departing sunspot AR2615 poses no threat for strong solar flares at this time.
Meteor Shower: The Geminid Meteor Shower has started and is forecast to peak around December 13 – 14.
Earthquakes: There has been 19 quakes of 4+ magnitude in the last 12 hours. 9 hours ago there was quakes of 5.0 magnitude in Hirara, Okinawa, Japan. 7 hours ago there was quakes of 5.9 / 6.2 magnitude in Shihezi, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, China. 4 hours ago there was a quake of 5.2 magnitude in Namie, Fukushima, Japan. UPDATE — There was quakes of 6.8 / 6.5 / 6.8 magnitude in Ferndale, California, USA about an hour ago. There was also a Tsunami warning 216 km N of Ferndale. 2nd UPDATE — About 10 minutes ago there was a 5.2 quake in Ferndale, California. 3rd UPDATE — There was quakes of 8.0 / 7.7 in Kirakira, Makira, Solomon Island about 30 minutes ago. Also a Tsunami warning 63 km N of Kirakira, Makira, Solomon Island. 4th UPDATE — Tsunami threat for Takoradi, Western Ghana about 45 minutes ago. 5th UPDATE — Quakes of 5.5 / 5.1 still going on in the Solomon Islands over the last hour. 6th UPDATE — Still more quakes of 5.1 / 5.0 in the Solomon Islands in the last hour. 7th UPDATE — About 30 minutes ago another 5.2 quake in the Solomon Islands. 8th UPDATE — There was a 5.2 quake in Illapel, Coquimbo, Chile about 30 minutes ago. 9th UPDATE — Another 5.2 quake in the Solomon Islands about 30 minutes ago. Everybody on the Ring of Fire better stay ready for anything at this time.
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 (Cyclomic Storm 058) is just west of the Andaman and Nicobar Island in the Indian Ocean.