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Space and Quakes (3rd Update – 5.6 quake in Solomon Islands) (2nd Update – 5.0 quakes in the Philippines and Ecuador) (Update – Tropical Storm forms in Indian Ocean) (19 quakes of 5+ and 2 quakes of 6+ so far for today)

Tuesday, December 20, 2016 6:26
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(Before It's News)

 December 20, 2016    8:15am (EST)    Update12:30pm (EST)    2nd Update 1:10pm (EST)    3rd Update 4pm (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. 24 2016 YF 35 meters 8.66 (LD)

 

Solar Winds: Earth will enter a stream of solar wind today that will take days to cross and is expected to cause G1-class geomagnetic storms and auroras.

 

Sunspots: Sunspot 2619 is tiny and poses no threat for strong solar flares at this time

 

Earthquakes: There has been 3 quakes of 4+ magnitude over the last 7 hours.

Time (UTC) Magnitude Location
4:20am 5.1 / 5.0 Port-Olry, Sanma, Vanuatu
4:21am 6.7 / 6.3 Honiara, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
4:33am 5.3 / 5.0 Panguma, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
6:03am 5.5 / 5.3 Kamarion, South Aegean, Greece
6:07am 5.2 /  Rabaul, East New Britian, Papua New Guinea
6:14am 5.4 / 5.2 Panguna, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
7:14am 5.2 / 5.0 Amahai, Maluku, Indonesia
8:11am 5.1 Honiara, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
8:49am 5.5 / 5.4 Honiara, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
10:04am 5.6 / 5.4 Sishilichengzi, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, China
10:21am 5.0 Bukid, Davano, Philippines
10:21am 5.1 / 5.0 Tobelo, Maluku Utana, Indonesia
12:33pm 6.1 / 5.9 Honiara, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
     

2nd UPDATE — 5.0 quakes in Aloleng, Ilocos, Philippines at 5:16pm (UTC) and Muisne, Esmerldas, Ecuador at 5:39pm (UTC).     3rd UPDATE — 5.6 quake in Honiara, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands at 8:07pm (UTC).

Quake ratings — 4-4.9 / Light   5-5.9 / Moderate   6-6.9 / Strong  7-7.9 / Major   8-8.9 / Great   9-9.9 / Devastating

 

Storms: UPDATE — A Tropical Storm (Cyclonic Storm 02S) has formed in the Indian Ocean, North of Australia and South of Indonesia

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