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| Donald's Earth & Moon Digest |
I'm not too sure how this will look with html tags.... M30, T01/6.0M(2), W02/MC,V8.9, Th03/6.0M, F04/6.0M, Sa05, Su06FQ/MC, M07, T08, W09/MC, Th10Pg Key: Moon(FM, LQ, NM, or FQ; le or se; Pg or Ag); Solar flares=XC or MC, Geomagnetic Storm=GS30; Volcanic Eruption=V8; Earthquakes=6M color=red>Earth and Sun Digest for July 10, 2003 ...at a Glance (with time ticking) (Source data can change without notice or correction.) Earthquakes of 5.0 to 5.9M thru Wednesday--20; two quakes of 6M or greater: 7/04 6.0M NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G., 7/03 6.0M TONGA California earthquakes in past week--220; one quake of 4M or greater: 7/04 4.2M OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Volcanic ash over 5 mi (8 km)--Mexico Sunspot No. high--149 on 8 July Smallest to largest daily total area of sunspots--730 on 9 July from 1330 on 8 July (100 equals a Planet Earth area.) X-Class Solar Flares: none; last M-Class flares (5/day) 8 on 11 June (see ticker for fewer MC) Planetary Geomagnetic Indices: high of 25 on 4 July; one set of K-Indices of 4 or more (5 or more/24 hours*)--3-5 July (* The 24 hour period can overlap two days.) Moon for July per Astronomy Magazine 6 first quarter, 10 perigee, 13 full, 21 last quarter, 22 apogee, 29 new The moon is at color=blue>perigee (226,890 miles near) today, 10 July. The on-line Earthquake Preparedness Handbook of the Los Angeles Fire Department is featured in SPECIAL NOTE. size=4>Recent Volcanic Eruptions: ANATAHAN Mariana Islands, central Pacific Ocean 16.35°N, 145.67°E; summit elev. 788 m on 2 July relatively low-level eruptive activity, the emitted plumes to ~1 km, thin, and little ash CANLAON Philippines 10.41°N, 123.13°E; summit elev. 2,435 m as of 4 July moderate steam-and-ash emissions with ash columns reaching 3.3 km COLIMA Mexico 19.31°N, 10337°W: summit elev. 4100 m an eruption on 10 July with ash to 5.5 km FUEGO Guatemala 14.47°N, 90.88°W; summit elev. 3,763 m an eruption on 29 June mainly of lava flows and avalanches, after the eruption weak-to-moderate explosions producing ash clouds to 4.6 km KARANGETANG [Api Siau] Siau Island, Indonesia 2.47°N, 125.29°E; summit elev. 1,784 m during 2-29 June volcanic activity at moderate levels with low-level ash plumes rising and gas emissions KILAUEA Hawaii, USA 19.43°N, 155.29°W; summit elev. 1,222 m during 2-8 July surface lava flows occasionally visible on the coastal flat and upslope on the Pulama pali fault scarp, small amounts of lava flowing into the ocean at the Highcastle ocean entry KLIUCHEVSKOI Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 56.06°N, 160.64°E; summit elev. 4,835 m during 27 June-4 July seismicity indicating weak gas-and-ash explosions possible, on 2 July ash plumes to 5.8 km LEWOTOBI Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia 8.53°S, 122.78°E; summit elev. 1,703 m low-level ash emissions during 2-29 June, during 2-8 June ash plumes reaching 2 km PACAYA southern Guatemala 14.38°N, 90.60°W; summit elev. 2,552 m on 5 July a very thin ash and/or gas plume visible at a height of ~3 km POPOCATÉPETL México 19.02°N, 98.62°W; summit elev. 5,426 m during 2-8 July moderate emissions of mainly gas, steam, and sometimes ash, with a relatively large ash emission on 2 July producing an ash cloud to ~8.95 km SEMERU Java, Indonesia 8.11°N, 112.92°E; summit elev. 3,676 m during 2-29 June several explosions with the highest ash plumes to a height of ~4.3 km SOUFRIÈRE HILLS Montserrat, West Indies 16.72°N, 62.18°W; summit elev. 1,052 m during 27 June- 4 July increased activity with pyroclastic flows and rockfalls, the sulfur-dioxide emission rate relatively low TUNGURAHUA Ecuador 1.47°S, 78.44°W; summit elev. 5,023 m an increase in the frequency of ash emissions on 26 June, on 1 and 2 July ash plumes to ~7 km, Strombolian activity; after the 2nd, mainly gas and steam Ash data is summarized from the weekly GVN/USGS report at target=_new>http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/ All ash elevations are in km above sea level (a.s.l.). color=green>EARTH: FIVE Index of Global earthquakes of 5.0 magnitude or greater (Reference: href="http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/" target=_new>http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/ ) (6.0 or greater are highlighted in red.) Regions highlighted are Japan and South Pacific. Note the PERIGEE of the moon. DATE-(UTC)-TIME LAT LON DEP MAG Q COMMENTS yy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss deg. deg. km color=red>READ UP for latest report.
Data from href="http://www.sec.noaa.gov/" target=_new>http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ SPECIAL NOTE The Earthquake Preparedness Handbook This on-line handbook was published in 1997 by the Los Angeles Fire Department. It can be indexed from target=_new>http://www.lafd.org/eqindex.htm From the chapter on Safe Drinking Water comes this statement: quote:
Follow Ups: ● Re: Donald's Earth & Moon Digest - Don in Hollister 18:04:37 - 7/10/2003 (19045) (1) ● Re: Donald's Earth & Moon Digest - Donald Boon 19:47:44 - 7/11/2003 (19068) (0) |
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