Space and Quakes (Update 2 - 5.6 in Tonga) (Update - 5.2 quake in Australia) (6 Asteroids in the next 3 days)

November 10, 2016          8 am (EST)     Update 9:45 am (EST)     Update 2 – 1:15 pm (EST)

Asteroids: There is one asteroid for today, (2004 KB) size 260 meters passing at the distance of 8.72 (LD). There is one asteroid for tomorrow, (2016 VQ) size 28 meters passing at the distance of 2.51 (LD). There are 4 asteroids on Saturday the 12th, (2016 VZ) size 28 meters passing at the distance of 3.04 (LD), (2016 VR) size 24 meters passing at the distance of 6.13 (LD), (2016 VY1) size 50 meters passing at the distance of 2.57 (LD) and (2016 VN3) size 38 meters passing at the distance of 5.11 (LD).

(LD) lunar distance — all (LD)s are 10 or under and minimum distances.

Solar Winds: A stream of solar wind is expected to reach Earth on the 11 – 12 and could spark geomagnetic storms.

Sunspots: New sunspot AR2607 poses no threat at this time.

Earthquakes: There has been 9 quakes of 4+ magnitude in the last 9 hours. There was a quake of 5.0 magnitude in Hihifo, Niuas, Tonga about 45 minutes ago.     UPDATE — There was quakes of 5.2 magnitude in Nornalup and Walpole, Western Australia about 2 hours ago.     UPDATE 2 — There was a quake of 5.6 magnitude in Havelulota, Tongatapu, Tonga about 45 minutes ago. 

Storms: Tropical Storm 27W is east of the Northern Mariana Islands moving northerwestward.