MONSTER SUNSPOT & EARTH-DIRECTED CMES ! Active Region 11515 continues its barrage by produced two more M Class Flares. A strong M3.8 at 20:07 UTC and M2.0 at 23:56 UTC yesterday. At least two coronal mass ejections (CME's) have been observed following these eruptions, and are likely to be headed earths way as this sunspot erupted in an earth facing position. Impacts are expected late July 4 into July 5 where strong Geomagnetic Storms may result.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck the SOLOMON ISLANDS at a depth of 92.3 km (57.4 miles), the quake hit at 03:49:34 UTC Tuesday 3rd July 2012 The epicenter was 162 km (100 miles) ESE from Kira Kira, Solomon Islands No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
162 km (100 miles) ESE ofKirakira, Solomon Islands 403 km (250 miles) ESE ofHoniara, Solomon Islands 663 km (411 miles) NW ofLuganville, Vanuatu 932 km (579 miles) NW ofPort-Vila, Vanuatu
5.7 EARTHQUAKE - OFF COAST OF CENTRAL PERU July 2, 2012
32 km (19 miles) SSE ofSantiago, Peru 45 km (27 miles) SSE ofIca, Peru 78 km (48 miles) WNW ofNazca, Peru 98 km (60 miles) NNW ofMinas de Marcona, Peru
Earthquake Activity - Canary Islands, Spain Region July 2, 2012
1200 km SW Casablanca (pop 3,144,909 ; local time 22:42:38.9 2012-07-02) 198 km SW San cristóbal de la laguna (pop 139,928 ; local time 23:42:38.9 2012-07-02) 108 km S Los llanos de aridane (pop 19,635 ; local time 23:42:38.9 2012-07-02) 92 km S Fuencaliente de la palma (pop 1,894 ; local time 23:42:38.9 2012-07-02)
M5.6 Solar Flare & EARTH DIRECTED CME - July 2, 2012
M5.6 SOLAR FLARE & EARTH-DIRECTED CME ! Monster Active Region 11515 unleashed a strong M5.6 Solar Flare this morning at 10:52 UTC. An earth directed Coronal mass ejection(CME) was also observed from this eruption. Associated with this event was a 10cm Radio Burst (TenFlare).