Space and Quakes ( Asteroid to pass tomorrow and Megi Typhoon 2)

September 26, 2016          7:30am (EDT)

Asteroids: There is an asteroid (2016 SG) size 21 meters that will pass Earth tomorrow the 27th at the distance of 2.34 (LD). There is one more for September at this time under 10 (LD) and that is asteroid (2009 UG) size 101 meters on the 30th at the distance of 4.81 (LD). There is still no asteroids under 10 (LD) in October. The closest asteroid in October is (2003 TL4) size 565 meters on the 27th at the distance of 10.06 (LD).

(LD) lunar distance — all lunar distances are minimums.

Solar Winds: Yesterday a stream of solar wind sparked a G1-class geomagnetic storm and auroras. A broad stream of solar wind is expected to arrive on September 28-29.

Sunspots: The magnetic field of sunspot AR2597 is in decay and no longer poses a threat for M-class solar flares at this time.

Earthquakes: There has been 10 quakes of 4+ and 2 quakes of 5+ magnitude in the last 10 hours. There also was a 6.0 magnitude quake in Nago, Japan 5 hours ago.

Rating: 4 – 4.9 / Light     5 – 5.9 / Moderate     6 – 6.9 / Strong

Storms: Tropical Storm Megi (Typhoon 2) is headed northwest towards Taiwan and looks to make landfall around Taitiung county. Roslyn has strengthen into the seventeenth Tropical Storm in the East Pacific.