MAGNITUDE 4.9 – SOUTH OF AFRICA
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=362405
Subject To Change
Depth: 12 km
Distances: 2591 km S of Maseru, Lesotho / pop: 118,355 / local time: 17:30:50.0 2014-02-28
2952 km S of Mbabane, Swaziland / pop: 76,218 / local time: 17:30:50.0 2014-02-28
2990 km S of Pretoria, South Africa / pop: 1,619,438 / local time: 17:30:50.0 2014-02-28
MAGNITUDE 5.0 – NEAR EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=362347
Subject To Change
Depth: 40 km
Distances: 1668 km NE of Sapporo-shi, Japan / pop: 1,883,027 / local time: 18:10:01.0 2014-02-28
86 km S of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia / pop: 187,282 / local time: 21:10:01.0 2014-02-28
MAGNITUDE 5.3 – SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000mxzt#summary
Subject To Change
Depth: 10 km
Distances: 785km (488mi) W of Jamestown, Saint Helena
2321km (1442mi) SSW of Harper, Liberia
2337km (1452mi) SSW of Tabou, Ivory Coast
2358km (1465mi) S of Greenville, Liberia
2471km (1535mi) S of Monrovia, Liberia
MAGNITUDE 5.0 – PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=362287
Subject To Change
Depth: 10 km
Distances: 268 km S of Kaohsiung, Taiwan / pop: 1,519,711 / local time: 10:28:37.0 2014-02-28
191 km NW of Namuac, Philippines / pop: 3,037 / local time: 10:28:37.0 2014-02-28
***ALERT***
GEOMAGNETIC STORM IN PROGRESS
Kp Index is at level 6
Scale of G2
Moderate
Power systems: high-latitude power systems may experience voltage alarms, long-duration storms may cause transformer damage.
Spacecraft operations: corrective actions to orientation may be required by ground control; possible changes in drag affect orbit predictions.
Other systems: HF radio propagation can fade at higher latitudes.
MAGNITUDE 5.4 – DRAKE PASSAGE
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=362111
Subject To Change
Depth: 10 km
Distances: 2750 km S of Montevideo, Uruguay / pop: 1,270,737 / local time: 03:10:58.0 2014-02-27
733 km SE of Ushuaia, Argentina / pop: 58,028 / local time: 03:10:58.0 2014-02-27
MAGNITUDE 4.9 – TONGA REGION
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=361905
Subject To Change
Depth: 2 km
Distances: 343 km NE of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga / pop: 22,400 / local time: 14:18:32.0 2014-02-26
119 km E of Neiafu, Tonga / pop: 4,320 / local time: 14:18:32.0 2014-02-26
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