By: USGS

www.earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/

27 earthquakes

    5.2 6km E of Canmaya Diot, Philippines 2013-10-22 14:42:08 UTC-04:00 61.8 km

    4.9 East of the South Sandwich Islands 2013-10-22 13:21:43 UTC-04:00 20.2 km

    2.5 5km SW of Volcano, Hawaii 2013-10-22 12:42:45 UTC-04:00 2.9 km

    2.6 13km SE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska 2013-10-22 12:27:09 UTC-04:00 134.3 km

    4.8 19km W of Pijijiapan, Mexico 2013-10-22 09:47:49 UTC-04:00 102.3 km

    2.7 56km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico 2013-10-22 07:58:15 UTC-04:00 52.0 km

    3.3 69km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2013-10-22 07:38:24 UTC-04:00 24.0 km

    4.3 17km ESE of Qiaowa, China 2013-10-22 06:20:23 UTC-04:00 45.9 km

    3.1 76km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico 2013-10-22 04:37:56 UTC-04:00 18.0 km

    2.5 23km NE of Yosemite Valley, California 2013-10-22 03:28:15 UTC-04:00 17.9 km

    2.6 76km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico 2013-10-22 01:56:21 UTC-04:00 24.0 km

    5.3 32km WSW of Reuleuet, Indonesia 2013-10-22 01:40:43 UTC-04:00 48.3 km

By: Julie Umpleby, 10/21/2013

The space-weather community is abuzz with Comet Ison, dubbed by many as ‘The Comet of the Century’.  As it travels deeper into our solar system en route to a close encounter with our sun later in November there are many watching with intense interest.

As some spectacular images of this significantly sized comet emerge (the comet nucleus is estimated to be anywhere between 0.5km – 4km in diameter), we would be wise to bear in mind the electrical nature of comets and the potential implications of its encounter with the sun. Far from being huge chunks of ice, comets are in fact more like asteroids and are highly electrically charged, with the nucleus acting as a charge capacitor. This often very high electric charge interferes with the plasma sheath of the sun, most often resulting in an outburst of plasma from the solar surface, a Coronal Mass Ejection.

For more on this story visit www.wakingtimes.com

Waking Times-10/20/13, Julie Umpleby

The space-weather community is abuzz with Comet Ison, dubbed by many as ‘The Comet of the Century’.  As it travels deeper into our solar system en route to a close encounter with our sun later in November there are many watching with intense interest.

As some spectacular images of this significantly sized comet emerge (the comet nucleus is estimated to be anywhere between 0.5km – 4km in diameter), we would be wise to bear in mind the electrical nature of comets and the potential implications of its encounter with the sun. Far from being huge chunks of ice, comets are in fact more like asteroids and are highly electrically charged, with the nucleus acting as a charge capacitor. This often very high electric charge interferes with the plasma sheath of the sun, most often resulting in an outburst of plasma from the solar surface, a Coronal Mass Ejection.

MrMBB333 - 10/21/13

Published on Oct 20, 2013

By: USGS

www.earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/

41 earthquakes

    5.0 138km WSW of Lebu, Chile 2013-10-21 14:17:21 UTC-04:00 17.5 km

    3.0 32km NNW of Valdez, Alaska 2013-10-21 13:23:07 UTC-04:00 19.4 km

    5.0 216km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia 2013-10-21 13:21:06 UTC-04:00 41.3 km

    3.8 18km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California 2013-10-21 13:04:10 UTC-04:00 8.3 km

    4.6 110km NE of Mazamari, Peru 2013-10-21 12:26:58 UTC-04:00 113.0 km

    2.7 58km W of Rincon, Puerto Rico 2013-10-21 11:58:43 UTC-04:00 8.0 km

    4.7 76km WNW of La Libertad, Mexico 2013-10-21 11:55:26 UTC-04:00 9.9 km

    2.8 83km SE of Old Iliamna, Alaska 2013-10-21 11:50:28 UTC-04:00 100.0 km

    4.8 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge 2013-10-21 11:01:56 UTC-04:00 10.0 km

    4.6 2km W of Hinlayagan Ilaud, Philippines 2013-10-21 10:22:17 UTC-04:00 20.0 km

    3.0 61km SSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2013-10-21 09:57:16 UTC-04:00 100.0 km

    5.1 280km SSE of Georgetown, Saint Helena 2013-10-21 09:50:16 UTC-04:00 13.0 km