Space and Quakes (9th Update - 5.2 in the Solomon Islands) (8th Update - 5.2 quake in Chile) (7th Update - 5.2 in the Solomon Islands) (6th Update - 5.1 / 5.0 in Solomon Islands) (5th Update - 5.5 / 5.1 quakes in the Solomon Islands) (4th Update - Tsunami threat Ghana) (3rd Update - 8.0 / 7.7 quakes in the Solomon Island) (2nd Update - 5.2 quake in California) (Update - 6.8 quake and Tsunami warning in California) (1 Asteroid for today and 6.2 quake in China)

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.

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.