A massive magnitude 7.8 earthquake has struck Turkey with aftershocks felt in multiple countries. Reports are coming in of people trapped under the rubble after several buildings collapsed from the massive quake. The earthquake was followed by another strong temblor and tremors were reportedly being felt as far away as Israel and Lebanon. There are unconfirmed reports of casualties as images are beginning to emerge on social media of collapsed buildings and rubble in the streets.
MAJOR X2.7 SOLAR FLARE & SUNDIVING COMET MAY 5, 2015 ! Newly numbered Active Region 12339 rotating the northeastern limb of the solar corona just unleashed an impulsive X2.7 Solar Flare at 22:11 UTC May 5th. This impulsive eruption was short lasting but produced a significant Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) which does not have an earth bound component as the ejecta was discharged upward and well behind the earth position. This eruption took place while a Sundiving comet was spotted heading towards the Sun. This event contributed to a magnetic filament in the souther hemisphere of the solar corona while an earth-facing position becoming unstable and released itself sending its own CME towards the earth. This should become geoeffective sometime May 9 where auroras will be possible at high latitude here on the earth.
