SOLAR UPDATE - AUGUST 13, 2011 AT 11:24 pm CDT

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Solar Update: For the first time in 198 days, the visible solar disk is void of sunspots. The day started with Sunspot 1270 as the only visible sunspeck, but it decayed during the day Saturday to a spotless plage. Solar activity should continue at very low levels in the short term.

Farside Activity: In sharp contrast to the earth facing side of the Sun, the farside is very active with sunspot regions and Coronal Mass Ejections. On Friday there was a CME blasting off the top side of the sun as seen in the still image below. Click HERE to watch the latest Lasco C2 movie and all of the action. The STEREO Behind image shows 2 possible sunspot groups (1 per hemisphere) that will emerge on the eastern limb mid week.

EARTHQUAKE UPDATE - SATURDAY 11:19 PM CDT

Update time = Sun Aug 14 4:18:02 UTC 2011

	MAG	UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s	LAT deg	LON deg	DEPTH km	Region
MAP	4.3	2011/08/14 03:49:07	34.828	23.068	10.2	CRETE, GREECE
MAP	4.3	2011/08/14 02:28:05	-20.794	-178.571	582.4	FIJI REGION
MAP	5.1	2011/08/14 01:29:40	-1.343	-14.631	11.8	NORTH OF ASCENSION ISLAND
MAP	4.6	2011/08/14 01:26:19	34.996	141.077	28.9	OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	4.9	2011/08/14 01:05:03	37.290	21.993	10.2	SOUTHERN GREECE
MAP	4.2	2011/08/14 00:55:46	16.870	-94.909	95.5	OAXACA, MEXICO
MAP	4.6	2011/08/14 00:45:32	-33.362	-72.394	35.0	OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE
MAP	2.6	2011/08/14 00:27:12	52.036	-169.356	35.8	FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP	2.6	2011/08/14 00:20:37	37.475	-118.838	4.4	CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP	3.1	2011/08/14 00:02:10	17.763	-68.107	139.0	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION

MAGNETOSPHERE UPDATE - Saturday August 13, 2011

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Tropical Storm Franklin, the sixth named storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, formed this morning in the open Atlantic north of Bermuda

Four invests in the Atlantic; fair weather in Arctic to drive rapid sea ice loss

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By Dr. Jeff Masters

Published: 4:41 PM GMT on August 13, 2011

Tropical Storm Franklin, the sixth named storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, formed this morning in the open Atlantic north of Bermuda. The usual date of formation for the 6th storm of the year is September 8, so we are well ahead of climatology. However, the usual date for the first hurricane of the season is August 10, and we still have not had a hurricane yet this year. All six of this year's storms have been tropical storms, making 2011 the first season since 2002 when that has occurred. Franklin is headed eastwards out sea, away from any land areas, and does not have long to live.

StanDeyo.com | New Madrid and Wabash Valley - 10 at risk pipelines (see pictures)

USGS Earthquake Center has confirmed a rare South Dakota earthquake centered near the state's capital city on Tuesday afternoon

http://www.kfgo.com/fm-headline-news.php?pageNum_rsTSnews2=1&totalRows_rsTSnews2=4796&ID=0000005004

The Big Bend and Oahe hydro-electric dams along the still flooding Missouri River with their subsequent reservoirs are near Pierre, SD

EARTHQUAKE UPDATE - SATURDAY 11:15 AM CDT

Update time = Sat Aug 13 16:09:36 UTC 2011

	MAG	UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s	LAT deg	LON deg	DEPTH km	Region
MAP	2.5	2011/08/13 16:05:51	37.548	-117.785	8.4	NEVADA
MAP	4.6	2011/08/13 15:42:21	-15.333	-173.966	82.1	TONGA
MAP	3.4	2011/08/13 14:21:18	19.465	-154.371	1.6	HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP	4.8	2011/08/13 14:00:58	37.078	141.108	35.3	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	4.3	2011/08/13 12:27:55	14.653	-92.711	56.6	OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO
MAP	5.2	2011/08/13 12:16:27	11.562	142.881	33.2	SOUTH OF THE MARIANA ISLANDS
MAP	3.4	2011/08/13 11:37:27	63.518	-148.966	100.3	CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP	2.6	2011/08/13 08:20:43	18.857	-155.143	17.5	HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP	5.6	2011/08/13 07:33:10	14.467	-94.702	28.5	OFF THE COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO
MAP	5.2	2011/08/13 07:14:51	-30.493	-177.939	31.5	KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
MAP	4.6	2011/08/13 07:04:56	-30.942	-65.485	178.1	CORDOBA, ARGENTINA
MAP	4.1	2011/08/13 06:47:35	52.498	-169.175	35.9	FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP	2.5	2011/08/13 05:26:38	33.756	-116.929	17.0	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP	2.7	2011/08/13 01:48:51	19.791	-155.807	13.2	ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP	2.5	2011/08/13 01:32:13	60.435	-145.182	7.6	SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP	4.6	2011/08/13 00:53:54	13.009	-88.493	96.5	OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR
MAP	3.2	2011/08/13 00:26:49	19.008	-67.703	46.2	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	2.6	2011/08/13 00:09:49	60.865	-149.142	7.7	KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA