Space and Quakes (7th Update - 5.7 / 5.0 in the Solomon's) (6th Update - 5.8 / 5.1 in the Solomon's)(5th Update - Tsunami threat in the Solomon's) (4th Update - 5.5 / 5.3 in the Solomon Islands) (3rd Update - 6.9 quake in the Solomon Islands) (2nd Update - 5.2 / 5.4 quakes in the Solomon Island) (Update - more 5+ quakes in the Solomon Islands - Will keep making updates through out the day) (The Solomon Islands are still rocking with quakes and all around the Ring of Fire should be on watch)

December 9, 2016    8am (EST)     Update 8:50am (EST)    2nd Update 1:35pm (EST)    3rd Update 2:45pm (EST)    4th Update 3:25pm (EST)    5th Update 3:45pm (EST)    6th Update 4:05pm (EST)    7th Update 5pm (EST)  

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

Solar Winds: Earth is in a stream of solar wind that will take a few days to cross. This stream should spark some auroras and maybe geomagnetic storms.

Sunspots: AR2615 is departing and there are no more sunspots on the solar disk at this time.

Earthquakes: There has been 22 quakes of 4+ magnitude in the last 12 hours. Over the last 11 hours Kirakira, Makira, Solomon Islands has had 9 quakes of 5+ magnitude. There also was a 5.1 magnitude quake in Puerto El Triumfo, Usulutan, El Salvador about 2 hours ago.     UPDATE — more quakes of 5.2 / 5.1 / 5.0 in the Solomon Island in the last hour.      2nd UPDATE — More quakes of 5.4 / 5.2 magnitude in the Solomon Islands over the last hour.     3rd UPDATE – 6.9 magnitude quakes in the Solomon Islands about 30 minutes ago. Claifornia should be on the watch, yesterday there was a 6.8 in Ferndale then about 3 hours later the Solomons’ had a 8.0.     4th UPDATE — 5.5 / 5.3 magnitude quakes in the Solomons’ about 45 minutes ago.     5th UPDATE — Tsunami threat message 88 km N of Kirakira, Makira, Solomon Islands about 50 minutes ago.     6th UPDATE — 5.8 / 5.1 magnitude quakes in the Solomon Islands about 45 minutes ago.     7th UPDATE — 5.7 / 5.0 magnitude quakes in the Solomon Islands about 20 minutes ago.

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 (Cyclonic Storm Vardah) is west of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The storm is moving northwest into the Bay of Bengal and forecast to make landfall near Ongole, India.