The Day-Date-Moon Ticker

M10Ag/GS30, T11/MC,GS51,6.1M(3), W12/6.4M, Th13/MC(2),GS42,6.0M, F14/GS37,6.1M, Sa15/GS40, Su16/GS35, M17/MC(2),GS34,7.8M, T18/MC(4),6.5M, W19/MC(1), Th20



Explanatory Notes

The Ticker above is chronological, with symbols for day, date, moon phase and/or distance. After the / are earthquakes(7.0M), volcanoes(V8), geomagnetic storms(GS31), and solar flares(XC and MC). These correspond to the data below.



Earth and Sun Digest for November 20, 2003

REMEMBER OCT. 30? HUGE SUNSPOTS RETURN

...at a Glance (with time ticking)

(Source data can change without notice or correction.)



BOON'S FIVE RULE: FIVE EARTHQUAKES OF FIVE.X MAGNITUDE IN FIVE DAYS CAN CAUSE A VOLCANO TO ERUPT ASH AND/OR GAS UP FIVE MILES.



Earthquakes of 5.0 to 5.9M thru Wednesday--21 (Jap-2, SoPac-3);

four quakes of 6M or greater: 11/18 6.5M SAMAR, PHILIPPINES, 11/17 7.8M RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA, 11/14 6.1M VANUATU ISLANDS REGION, 11/13 6.0M WEST OF MACQUARIE ISLAND

California and Nevada earthquakes in past week--252; two of 4M or greater in CA/NV: 11/15 4.5M NEVADA, 11/15 4.5M NEVADA

Volcanic ash near Jet Stream (at 5 mi/8 km)--none

Sunspot No. high and low--114 on 19 November from 25 on 13 November

Largest and smallest daily total area of sunspots--2140 on 19 November from 350 on 14 November

X-Class Solar Flares: none; last M-Class flares (5+/day) 5 on 27 October (see ticker for fewer MC)

Planetary Geomagnetic Indices: high of 42 on 13 November; last set of five or more Kp's of 4 or more per 24 hours: 9 to 20 November



A significant geomagnetic storm is in progress. See SPECIAL NOTE. After a dip to 1 to start 20 November UTC, the Kp's rose to 8 (of 9 possible).



Moon for November per Astronomy Magazine

1 first quarter, 8 full, 10 apogee, 16 last quarter, 23 both new and perigee

The moon is at perigee (221,712 miles near) on 23 November.







Recent Volcanic Eruptions





CAYAMBE Ecuador 0.029°N, 77.986°W; summit elev. 5790 m

during 3-9 November a strong scent of sulfur, strongest near cracks



DUKONO Halmahera, Indonesia 1.70°N, 127.87°E; summit elev. 1,185 m

during 12-18 November ash plumes to ~3 km



NYIRAGONGO Democratic Republic of Congo

from 2 August to 8 November an almost permanently boiling lava lake in the crater at a depth of 700 m, with a large poisonous gas plume above the crater including fluoride



KARYMSKY Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 54.05°N, 159.43°E; summit elev. 1,536 m

during 7-14 November possible ash-and-gas to 3 km



KILAUEA Hawaii, USA 19.43°N, 155.29°W; summit elev. 1,222 m

during 12-17 November surface lava visible upslope coastal flat. Seismicity at Kilauea's summit continued at moderate levels, small amounts of inflation and deflation occurred, including inflation on 17 November that started when the surface waves from a M 7.5 earthquake at Rat Island in the Aleutians reached Kilauea



KLIUCHEVSKOI Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 56.06°N, 160.64°E; summit elev. 4,835 m

during 7-14 November gas-and-steam plumes to 7.3 km, Strombolian activity visible the evening of 9-10 November



SANTA MARÍA Guatemala 14.756°N 91.552°W; summit elev. 3,772

as of 17 November several weak-to-moderate eruptions, plumes to ~4.4 km, a plume visible above Santa María on 16 November



SOUFRIÈRE HILLS Montserrat, West Indies 16.72°N, 62.18°W; summit elev. 1,030 m

during 7-14 November volcanic activity at low levels, sulfur-dioxide emissions decreasing from ~800 to ~200 tons per day



TUNGURAHUA Ecuador 1.47°S, 78.44°W; summit elev. 5,023 m

during 12-18 November small-to-moderate eruptions of steam, gas, and some ash continued at Tungurahua, plumes to ~7.5 km, Strombolian activity visible



Ash data is summarized from the weekly GVN/USGS report at

http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/

All ash elevations are in km above sea level (a.s.l.).





The earthquake data that follows are taken from U.S. Geological Survey tables available through http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/bulletin.html .



EARTH



FIVE Index of Global earthquakes of 5.0 magnitude or greater



DATE-(UTC)-TIME LAT LON DEP MAG Q COMMENTS

yy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss deg. deg. km



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03/11/20 14:05:0213.13N93.25E33.0 5.5ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION

03/11/20 12:24:3210.02S111.05E10.0 5.8SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA

03/11/20 02:01:2524.33S179.78W480.7 5.4SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS

03/11/18 23:21:1430.98N51.23E33.0 5.1SOUTHERN IRAN

03/11/18 17:14:2212.06N125.41E35.0 6.5SAMAR, PHILIPPINES

03/11/18 11:55:0051.27N178.15E33.0 5.4RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

03/11/18 07:50:1051.14N178.84E33.0 5.8RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

03/11/18 02:12:2251.25N178.04E33.0 5.5RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA

03/11/17 11:12:3551.17N178.09E33.0 5.0RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA

03/11/17 09:37:1351.13N178.56E33.0 5.1RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

03/11/17 08:51:4151.16N178.71E33.0 5.1RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA

03/11/17 07:56:3751.22N178.24E33.0 5.2RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

03/11/17 07:38:1251.08N178.38E33.0 5.0RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA

03/11/17 07:12:4251.33N177.58E33.0 5.3RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

03/11/17 07:00:1351.12N178.28E33.0 5.2RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

03/11/17 06:43:0651.32N178.63E33.0 7.8RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA

03/11/17 01:35:4750.20N87.60E10.0 5.7SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA

03/11/15 07:10:3417.27S172.31W33.0 5.8TONGA REGION

03/11/14 18:43:5036.43N141.07E39.5 5.6NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

03/11/14 07:33:053.64S101.96E33.0 5.2SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

03/11/14 04:28:3316.76S172.33E10.0 6.1VANUATU ISLANDS REGION

03/11/14 02:24:0940.36N29.76W10.0 5.4AZORES ISLANDS REGION

03/11/13 22:39:2041.99N142.05E73.1 5.1HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION

03/11/13 11:20:0411.61S166.35E33.0 5.0SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS

03/11/13 05:41:257.04S104.24E33.0 5.0SOUTHWEST OF SUMATRA, INDONESIA

03/11/13 02:49:0254.18S143.65E10.0 6.0WEST OF MACQUARIE ISLAND

03/11/13 02:35:1034.78N103.93E10.0 5.2GANSU, CHINA





United States Quakes this past week

with quakes possibly felt in U.S. from nearby countries:



03/11/20 02:13:0620.53N70.77W10.0 4.4DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION

03/11/19 18:39:3232.16N117.65W7.0 3.0OFFSHORE BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

03/11/18 07:53:5338.22N117.87W5.9 3.0NEVADA

03/11/18 06:59:3438.22N117.87W6.3 3.8NEVADA

03/11/17 23:55:3544.36N114.20W5.0 2.8SOUTHERN IDAHO

03/11/17 23:18:5240.35N111.17W12.7 3.0UTAH

03/11/17 06:54:0618.80N65.01W23.5 3.9PUERTO RICO REGION

03/11/16 20:53:3018.68N145.78E147.4 5.0PAGAN REGION, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

03/11/16 07:22:4412.82N67.60W33.0 4.4CARIBBEAN SEA

03/11/16 06:08:2938.23N117.87W10.7 3.5NEVADA

03/11/16 00:36:3332.15N115.41W6.0 3.5BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

03/11/15 21:19:3638.22N117.87W8.4 4.5NEVADA

03/11/15 20:11:5938.22N117.90W4.3 4.5NEVADA

03/11/13 08:00:0035.77N115.22W5.0 2.0NEVADA

03/11/13 05:17:5633.36N116.41W13.5 3.3SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

03/11/13 00:57:5442.52N122.58W15.1 2.9OREGON



Alaska Listings



03/11/20 14:29:0451.30N177.86E33.0 4.8RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

03/11/20 06:07:0550.90N177.52E33.0 4.4RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

03/11/19 19:25:4850.99N177.95E33.0 4.5RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

03/11/19 17:21:5263.50N147.20W2.0 3.0CENTRAL ALASKA

03/11/19 02:52:5051.12N178.77E33.0 4.3RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA

03/11/17-18 20:27:4551.05N177.38E33.0 4.4-5.9M RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS (23)

03/11/17 23:20:4159.97N141.70W5.0 4.0SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA

03/11/17 16:52:2952.55N178.79W226.5 4.8ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS.

03/11/17 06:43:0651.32N178.63E33.0 7.8RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA

03/11/16 06:01:2062.22N150.20W8.0 2.7CENTRAL ALASKA

03/11/16 00:39:4953.06N171.03E33.0 5.0NEAR ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

03/11/15 21:33:5460.95N150.72W57.0 4.0KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA

03/11/13 18:27:4866.30N155.98W10.0 4.6NORTHERN ALASKA







MEDITERRANEAN REGION, Conclusion



This special study documented the seismicity of the Mediterranean area, most active around Greece and Turkey and into Lebanon, Syria, and Iran. While Israel is apparently quake-free, large quakes have occurred historically. As large quakes as in Iran above will appear on the FIVE Index above, this study is concluded.





Monthly Summary of Earthquakes of 6 or greater Magnitude

in the World, per USGS/NEIC Preliminary Global Report



YEAR: 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03



August 2 14 16 6 7 8 9 12 8 12 8 with two 7M's

September 4 8 8 9 7 4 12 7 10 13 18 with two 7M's, one 8M

October 4 12 21 9 6 3 4 8 11 21 11 with one 7M

November 0 7 10 6 7 4 15 15 10 11 (12 with one 7M)



Yr total 19 110 160 109 76 63 103 109 112 133 (127)





SUN



Sunspot numbers for the past week:

11/12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

39 25 34 52 54 72 90 114

Planetary geomagnetic A Indices for same period

26 42 37 40 35 34 20 14



Solar data from http://www.sec.noaa.gov/





SPECIAL NOTE



Huge Sunspots Return



The following URLs show in numbers the size of the sunspots as well as the solar flares plus geomagnetic storms on the Earth. The Kp's for today are up to 8 (lower right hand corner).

http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ftpdir/latest/DGD.txt

http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ftpdir/latest/DSD.txt

The graphics can be followed as needed at www.spaceweather.com .



Comments and questions are always welcome.



Donald J. Boon, editor, donaldboon@comcast.net