8/19/2018

M 8.2 - 280km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji

By: Gordon Rutherford

M 8.2 - 280km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji
UTC Time = 2018-08-19 00:19:37
Magnitude = 8.2m
Location = 18.178°S   178.111°W 
Depth = 563.4 km

DRIVER:
Sun at Median, during the Sun at Lunar Elongation (1st Quarter)
- Neutral to Positive Rotating Solar Magnetic Field
**** Solar Magnetic field, Earth-facing = 461, or Neutral to Positive ***

Combinational Drivers:
1.)   Saturn near Lunar Conjunction
2.)   Uranus and Saturn at Geocentric Opposition

NOAA Geomagnetic Polarity

Epicenter Skyview


NASA JPL Data
Heliocentric View

Geocentric View

Rotating Solar Magnetic Field
(REALTIME - Earth-facing)