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INCOMING CME: Magnetic fields above sunspot 1261 erupted this morning at 0648 UT, producing an M1-class solar flare. The blast also hurled a bright coronal mass ejection toward Earth. This movie from the STEREO-Ahead spacecraft shows the cloud racing away from the sun at almost 900 km/s. Geomagnetic storms are possible when the CME reaches Earth on or about August 5th. Stay tuned for updates.
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EARTH-DIRECTED BLAST: Magnetic fields above sunspot 1261 erupted this morning at 0648 UT, producing a long-duration M1-class solar flare. At the peak of the action, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded a surge of extreme ""ultraviolet"" radiation around the sunspot:
An unprecedented 720 earthquakes have been recorded on El Hierro, the smallest of the Canary Islands, during the past week. The earthquake swarm has even prompted the Canary Islands Government to convene the first ever meeting of the Steering Committee and Volcanic Monitoring, reflected in the Specific Plan Protection Civil and Emergency for Volcanic Risk, given what it described “the significant increase in seismic activity”.
It is a measure of how disturbed the Earth's magnetic field is. It varies in value from 0 to about 400, in linear steps. It is computed from the actual deviations (non-quiet-time deviations) measured at a number of geomagnetic observatories (mostly mid-latitude ones) around the world. A value of 30 represents minor storm conditions. Values of 50 represent major storm conditions and values greater than 100 represent severe storm conditions. It is derived from the planetary K indices (Kp). The A index is a planetary daily value, while the Kp index is a planetary measurement derived every 3 hours. The Kp index is a semi-logarithmic index that varies from 0 to 9, where a 5 represents minor storm conditions, a 6 represents major storm conditions, and a value of 7 or greater represents severe storm conditions.
Originally posted by Greensage
I would be more worried about the Canary Islands doing a little "shake and boogie".
An unprecedented 720 earthquakes have been recorded on El Hierro, the smallest of the Canary Islands, during the past week. The earthquake swarm has even prompted the Canary Islands Government to convene the first ever meeting of the Steering Committee and Volcanic Monitoring, reflected in the Specific Plan Protection Civil and Emergency for Volcanic Risk, given what it described “the significant increase in seismic activity”.
RSOE--Canary Islands
Geologists S. Day and S. Ward consider that a megatsunami could be generated during a future eruption involving the Cumbre Vieja on the volcanic ocean island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands, Spain.[13][14]
The last Cumbre Vieja eruption occurred in 1971 at the southern end of the sub-aerial section without any movement. The section affected by the 1949 eruption is currently stationary and does not appear to have moved since the initial rupture.[16]
Geologists and volcanologists also disagree about whether an eruption on the Cumbre Vieja would cause a single large gravitational landslide or a series of smaller landslides.
a Palma is currently the most volcanically active island in the Canary Islands Archipelago. It is likely that several eruptions would be required before failure would occur on Cumbre Vieja.[13][14] However, the western half of the volcano has an approximate volume of 500 cubic kilometres (120 cu mi) and an estimated mass of 1,500,000,000,000 metric tons (1.7×1012 short tons) If it were to catastrophically slide into the ocean, it could generate a wave with an initial height of about 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) at the island, and a likely height of around 50 metres (164 ft) at the Caribbean and the Eastern North American seaboard when it runs ashore eight or more hours later. Tens of millions of lives would be lost as New York, Boston, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Miami, Havana, and many other cities near the Atlantic coast are leveled. The likelihood of this happening is a matter of vigorous debate.[15]
Originally posted by babybunnies
BTW - moderators - this shouldn't be under "Fragile Earth" it should be under prophecies and predictions.
Originally posted by babybunnies
I would consider a "strong" earthquake at least an 8.0.
If you turn out to be correct, tip of the hat to you.
If you turn out to be wrong, please, please, please NEVER post on this board again.
Some claim or may have heard that solar flares and geomagnetic storms can cause earthquakes, volcanic activity, poles shifting, or similar major disruptions. This is not the case. Earthquakes and volcanoes are caused by tectonic forces deep within Earth and are not affected by Earth's magnetic field.
Originally posted by Dalke07
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Here is X-ray emission, but have other emission too end different pressure in Earth at different time ..
There are many things effecting EQ or volcano eruption not only this what i post on this thread ..
Peace ..edit on 2-8-2011 by Dalke07 because: (no reason given)