A shallow magnitude 6.3 - Ascension Island region is the 7th major quake of November and the first one to strike outside the Pacific ring of fire.
Todays quake is the 93rd major quake of a very quiet 2017 as this year promises to be the lowest total of major quakes this century.
Earth is inside a stream of solar wind flowing from a wide northern coronal hole on our Sun.
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