Space Weather Daily Update for 15 January, 2018
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0.000 HBDSpace Weather Daily Update for 15 January, 2018
## Space Weather, Venus, Volcano, Galactic Center The last 24 Hours on the Earth Facing disc were quiet, even though there was a large plasma filament giving the Sun a wicked smile. Nothing has happened with it, but all eyes are watching. The passing coronal hole stream didn't do much to readings and solar winds are decreasing. The Planetary K-index is back to green levels as there wasn't much happening to cause major geomagnetic disruption. Another coronal hole is coming around and should affect us later this week. Until then, earthquake watch has intensified and it does seem that things are rumbling a bit. ### Earthquakes and volcanoes of note * [5.5 magnitude earthquake](https://earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2018-01-14-21-54-36-utc-5-5-65) near Madang, Madang, Papua New Guinea * [5.2 magnitude earthquake](https://earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2018-01-15-06-31-50-utc-5-2-238) near Gorontalo, Gorontalo, Indonesia * [5.3 magnitude earthquake](https://earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2018-01-15-02-28-35-utc-5-3-128) near Luganville, Sanma, Vanuatu * [5.2 magnitude earthquake](https://earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2018-01-15-08-18-24-utc-5-2-10) near Sigavé, Circonscription de Sigavé, Wallis and Futuna 6 volcanoes are erupting or are showing signs of increased activity. * [People evacuated from Papua New Guinea island after volcano explodes](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-papua-new-guinea-volcano/people-evacuated-from-papua-new-guinea-island-after-volcano-explodes-idUSKBN1F3060). * [Thousands displaced as Philippine volcano erupts and lava flows](http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/01/15/thousands-displaced-as-philippine-volcano-erupts-and-lava-flows.html) ### Space Objects No new items on the Near-Earth Object (NEO) database. ### Other News * [On the Claimed X-Shaped Structure in the Milky Way Bulge](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1801.03940.pdf) >We further show that, even if it is real, the stellar density in the claimed X-shaped structure is way too low to be observed as a strong double RC at = 0◦ Scientist are saying, that they don't believe it is there, but if it was there, we couldn't see it, because they filtered out the light frequency that shows it. Brilliant!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ6izVIqnes ~ Ben Davidson (Suspicious0bservers ) at [SuspiciousObservers.org](http://www.suspicious0bservers.org/) I am ***not affiliated*** with Ben Davidson or his work. I am a subscriber to SuspiciousObservers YouTube channel. * [Space Weather News](http://spaceweathernews.com/) * [Quake Watch](http://quakewatch.net/) * [Earth Changes](http://earthchanges.org/) - mobile app * [STARWATER](http://www.suspicious0bservers.org/starwater/) ### Space Weather <center>  </center> <center>  </center> Source: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/planetary-k-index ### Asteroid Watch <center>  </center> > Average distance between Earth and the moon is about 239,000 miles (385,000 kilometers). Source: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch/ | Object | Flyby Date | AU distance | Approximate Sixe | |---|---|---|---| |[(2018 AV2)]()| 2018-Jan-16 | 0.01709 | 4.8 m - 11 m | |[(2018 AM2)]()| 2018-Jan-16 | 0.03121 | 17 m - 38 m | |[(2018 AF1)]()| 2018-Jan-18 | 0.03182 | 65 m - 140 m | |[306383 (1993 VD)]()| 2018-Jan-22 | 0.03680 | 130 m - 300 m | |[(2018 AJ)]()| 2018-Jan-23 | 0.01194 | 29 m - 64 m | Close Approach Database Source: https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/