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The Day-Date-Moon Ticker

M17/MC(2),GS34,7.8M, T18/MC(4),6.5M, W19/MC(1), Th20/MC(3),GS117, F21/GS39, Sa22/V9.5, Su23, M24, T25/6.6M, W26, Th27



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 27, 2003



...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--17 (Jap-1, SoPac-4);

one quake of 6M or greater: 11/25 6.6M NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.

California and Nevada earthquakes in past week--251; one of 4M or greater in CA/NV: 11/23 4.5M NEVADA

Volcanic ash near Jet Stream (at 5 mi/8 km)--Mexico

Sunspot No. high and low--209 on 26 November from 118 on 20 November

Largest and smallest daily total area of sunspots--2010 on 20 November to 1320 on 25 and 26 November (100 = Earth)

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 117 on 20 November; last set of five or more Kp's of 4 or more per 24 hours: 9 to 23 November



NOTE: The total size of the giant sunspots is decreasing from the 5690 maximum on 30 October to 390 on 26 November.



Moon for December per Astronomy Magazine

8 full moon, 10 apogee, 16 last quarter, 22 perigee, 23 new moon, 30 first quarter

The moon is at apogee (252,450 miles far) on 7 December.





GEMINID Meteor Shower peaks on Dec. 14.







Recent Volcanic Eruptions





KAVACHI Solomon Islands 9.02°S, 157.95°E; summit elev. -35 m (submarine)

a 15-m-high island during an eruptive cycle 3 months prior 16 November, but by 16 November the summit at ~32 m below sea level



COLIMA western México 19.514°N,103.62°W; summit elev. ~3,850 m

a subtle ash plume on 18 November to ~5.5 km



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

ash plumes on 19, 20, and 21 November, all plumes below ~3 km



FUEGO Guatemala 14.47°N, 90.88°W; summit elev. 3,763 m

gas-and-ash plumes up to 5 km during 18 to 24 November



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

during 15-21 November intermittent explosive eruptions with gas-and-ash plumes to 3.5 km



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

minor surface lava flows observed upslope of coastal plain the week of 19-25 November



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

Strombolian activity observed on 14-15 November, during 14-15 and 18 November gas-and-ash plumes to ~7.3 km



POPOCATÉPETL México 19.02°N, 98.62°W; summit elev. 5,426 m

numerous gas-and-steam emissions, an ash plume on 22 November to ~9.5 km



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

small eruptions on 18 and 23 November, on 24 November five

explosions producing a gas-and-ash plume to 5.8 km



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

during 19-25 November numerous moderate explosions producing plumes to 7 km, throughout the week Strombolian activity visible at night





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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03/11/26 19:25:0728.42N43.69W10.0 5.4NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE

03/11/26 10:57:5229.87S71.08W63.2 5.2NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE

03/11/26 10:34:1051.22N177.31E37.8 5.0RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

03/11/26 07:42:311.94S75.80W184.3 5.3PERU-ECUADOR BORDER REGION

03/11/25 20:19:465.52S150.89E33.0 6.6NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.

03/11/25 05:40:3136.17N111.61E10.0 5.0SHANXI, CHINA

03/11/25 04:43:3822.97S67.27W160.8 5.1CHILE-BOLIVIA BORDER REGION

03/11/24 23:53:577.54S106.26E33.0 5.2JAVA, INDONESIA

03/11/24 14:54:174.22S152.61E33.0 5.8NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.

03/11/24 12:18:1542.31N142.90E60.2 5.0HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION

03/11/24 09:05:4451.31N176.94E33.0 5.0RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

03/11/23 18:43:205.43S102.07E33.0 5.1SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

03/11/23 18:06:0415.89S173.82W97.4 5.7TONGA

03/11/21 04:09:0945.39N28.01W10.0 5.5NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE

03/11/21 00:52:571.27N126.33E33.0 5.6MOLUCCA SEA

03/11/20 14:05:0213.12N93.24E33.0 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 5.6SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS







United States Quakes this past week

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





03/11/25 17:32:0839.79N123.47W6.7 3.4NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

03/11/24 14:32:3736.33N120.89W10.8 2.9 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

03/11/24 07:05:5736.96N104.83W5.0 3.1NEW MEXICO

03/11/23 20:00:2638.83N122.83W3.1 3.2NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

03/11/23 12:19:5940.73N115.15W10.0 4.5NEVADA

03/11/23 03:06:2333.69N116.04W11.2 3.0SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

03/11/22 23:32:2438.79N122.77W4.2 3.3NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

03/11/22 02:29:0419.62N77.90W10.0 4.6CUBA REGION

03/11/21 10:22:4336.60N121.21W9.2 3.0CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

03/11/21 01:09:1144.25N98.79W5.0 3.5SOUTH DAKOTA

03/11/20 23:38:2120.23N70.65W10.0 4.3DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION

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

Alaska Listings

03/11/26 10:34:1051.22N177.31E37.8 5.0RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

03/11/25 07:23:4351.08N179.23E33.0 4.7RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

03/11/24 19:38:3850.40N178.13E33.0 4.1RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

03/11/24 10:11:1950.61N177.30E33.0 4.3RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

03/11/24 09:05:4451.31N176.94E33.0 5.0RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

03/11/24 00:45:5852.83N176.18W253.6 4.3ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS.

03/11/23 09:07:3151.09N177.97E33.0 4.3RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

03/11/22 12:20:1251.22N177.21E33.0 4.4RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS,

03/11/21 21:36:1463.17N151.00W130.0 4.8CENTRAL ALASKA

03/11/21 00:56:3151.27N178.04E33.0 4.7RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

03/11/20 21:23:5451.03N178.48E33.0 4.4RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

03/11/20 17:52:0151.16N178.33E33.0 4.4RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

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



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 (13 with one 7M)



Yr total 19 110 160 109 76 63 103 109 112 133 (128)





SUN



Sunspot numbers for the past week:

11/19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

114 118 131 123 158 149 202 209

Planetary geomagnetic A Indices for same period

14 117 39 22 21 12 13 9



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





SPECIAL NOTE



Solar Electron and Proton Storms I



Interest has arisen over the relation of solar electrons and protons to earthquakes. The following quote from NOAA provides some important relationships: