Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429

Magnitude 2.2
Region ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
Date time 2020-08-17 16:57:15.4 UTC
Location 19.24 N ; 155.42 W
Depth 31 km
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Magnitude 3.2
Region BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Date time 2020-08-17 16:35:19.9 UTC
Location 31.47 N ; 115.71 W
Depth 8 km
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Magnitude 3.7
Region OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE
Date time 2020-08-17 17:02:19.0 UTC
Location 33.86 S ; 72.11 W
Depth 17 km
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Magnitude 3.2
Region BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Date time 2020-08-17 17:05:08.8 UTC
Location 31.48 N ; 115.68 W
Depth 8 km
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EDIT: DOWNGRADED TO 2.7

Last Edited by KickinIt on 08/17/2020 01:48 PM

Magnitude 3.1
Region OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE
Date time 2020-08-17 17:08:23.0 UTC
Location 33.86 S ; 72.05 W
Depth 33 km
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Thanks for all of the EQ updates Kickin (as always)!

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Magnitude 2.5
Region CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
Date time 2020-08-17 17:35:07.2 UTC
Location 36.67 N ; 120.18 W
Depth 1 km
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Magnitude 3.2
Region MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
Date time 2020-08-17 17:41:09.0 UTC
Location 5.26 N ; 126.60 E
Depth 15 km
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Magnitude 3.0
Region ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
Date time 2020-08-17 17:56:04.0 UTC
Location 21.48 S ; 68.47 W
Depth 134 km
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Thread: Many Interesting new possible asteroid close flybys just discovered today!!

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Last Edited by Simple27 on 08/17/2020 05:27 PM

A SLOW-MOTION SOLAR FLARE: You know an explosion is powerful when it lasts for two hours. Yesterday, Aug. 16th (1726 UT), a B1-class solar flare took even longer to unfold. The 2.5 hr blast sent a powerful shock wave rippling through the sun's atmosphere, shown here in a time-lapse movie from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory: [link to spaceweather.com (secure)]

No sunspot was involved. The explosion occured in a spotless region of the sun's southern hemisphere. A magnetic filament snapped, hurling debris far and wide. [link to sdowww.lmsal.com (secure)] Some of that debris formed the core of a coronal mass ejection (CME), which has escaped the sun and is now billowing into the Solar System.

Coronagraphs onboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) are tracking the CME: [link to spaceweather.com (secure)]

Clearly, the storm cloud is not heading directly for Earth. However, NOAA models of the CME's trajectory suggest it could deliver a glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field on August 20th. Minor geomagnetic storms and high-latitude auroras are possible when the CME arrives. Stay tuned.


UPDATE--A CME IS COMING, MAYBE: NOAA analysts have modeled the trajectory of yesterday's CME, described below. Their conclusion: It could deliver a glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field on Aug. 20th. Minor geomagnetic storms and high-latitude auroras are possible when the CME arrives.

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Magnitude 4.1
Region OAXACA, MEXICO
Date time 2020-08-17 17:59:19.0 UTC
Location 16.53 N ; 94.68 W
Depth 112 km
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Magnitude 3.1
Region MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
Date time 2020-08-17 18:13:04.0 UTC
Location 7.27 N ; 126.98 E
Depth 26 km
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Magnitude 4.9
Region SOUTH OF AFRICA
Date time 2020-08-17 18:30:16.7 UTC
Location 52.50 S ; 26.61 E
Depth 40 km
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Magnitude 2.3
Region SOUTHERN IDAHO
Date time 2020-08-17 18:31:17.1 UTC
Location 44.36 N ; 115.19 W
Depth 4 km
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Magnitude 3.1
Region MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
Date time 2020-08-17 19:18:38.0 UTC
Location 8.43 N ; 126.74 E
Depth 22 km
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Magnitude 4.8
Region OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR
Date time 2020-08-17 19:32:40.3 UTC
Location 12.76 N ; 88.01 W
Depth 80 km
Macroseismic
Intensity F Effects: Felt
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Magnitude 4.8
Region OFF COAST OF OAXACA, MEXICO
Date time 2020-08-17 20:15:01.0 UTC
Location 14.84 N ; 98.49 W
Depth 20 km
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Magnitude 3.3
Region NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA
Date time 2020-08-17 20:25:44.7 UTC
Location 11.28 S ; 130.08 E
Depth 10 km
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Magnitude 3.2
Region NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Date time 2020-08-17 20:27:48.4 UTC
Location 37.54 N ; 121.78 W
Depth 5 km
Macroseismic
Intensity III Effects: Weakly Felt
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Magnitude 2.9
Region SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIF.
Date time 2020-08-17 20:29:06.5 UTC
Location 37.49 N ; 121.83 W
Depth 4 km
Macroseismic
Intensity III Effects: Weakly Felt
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Magnitude 2.1
Region SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIF.
Date time 2020-08-17 20:35:17.2 UTC
Location 37.49 N ; 121.83 W
Depth 4 km
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Magnitude 2.6
Region NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Date time 2020-08-17 20:43:36.9 UTC
Location 37.23 N ; 122.10 W
Depth 12 km
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A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) is Likely to Give the Earth a Glancing Blow Later this Week


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good to know, thanks

Magnitude 3.1
Region POTOSI, BOLIVIA
Date time 2020-08-17 20:49:22.0 UTC
Location 22.30 S ; 67.71 W
Depth 220 km
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Magnitude 3.2
Region SOUTHERN ALASKA
Date time 2020-08-17 21:58:59.8 UTC
Location 61.52 N ; 149.89 W
Depth 48 km
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