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Space and Quakes (Update – 5.2 quake in Russia) (3 Asteroids in 3 days and 5+ quakes in Philippines / Tonga)
December 22, 2016 7:45am (EST) Update 11:50am (EST)
Asteroids: (LD) lunar distance — all (LD)s are 10 or under and minimum distances.
| Dec. 22 | 2016 YJ | 17 meters | 1.21 (LD) |
| Dec. 23 | 2016 YS | 44 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 produced bright auroras and G2-class geomagnetic storms last night.
Sunspots: Sunspot 2620 is quiet and poses no threat for strong solar flares at this time.
Earthquakes: There has been 8 quakes of 4+ magnitude over the last 9 hours. UPDATE — 5.2
| Time (UTC) | Magnitude | Location |
| 9 hours ago (3:02am) | 5.0 | Eastern Visayas, Philippines |
| 4 hours ago (7:20am) | 5.3 / 5.2 | Vaini, Tongatapu, Tonga |
| 45 min ago (4:05pm) | 5.2 | Nikol’skoye, Kamtsjatka, Russia |
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
Stroms: Tropical Storm (Cyclonic Storm Yvette) is moving west and is forecast to turn south. Tropical Storm (Nock-ten) is moving northwest. It will pass just south of the island of Yap and north of Palau.
