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[b]The Day-Date-Moon Ticker[/b]
[b]M08FM/GS39,V8, T09/GS31,6.2M, W10/GS42,6.8M, Th11/GS40[/b], F12, Sa13, Su14, M15, T16, [b]W17/V8[/b], Th18

[b]Explanatory Notes[/b]
[i]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.[/i]

[b]Earth and Sun Digest for December 18, 2003
A CHART FULL OF WAVES
...at a Glance (with time ticking)[/b]
[i](Source data can change without notice or correction.)[/i]

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--11 (Jap-1, SoPac-4); no quakes of 6M or greater
California and Nevada earthquakes in past week--240; one 4M or greater: 12/11 4.0M CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
[b]Volcanic ash near Jet Stream (at 5 mi/8 km)--Ecuador[/b]
Sunspot No. high and low--92 on 17 December from 35 on 11 December
Largest and smallest daily total area of sunspots-- December (100 = Earth)
X-Class Solar Flares: none; last M-Class flares (5+/day) 5 on 27 October (see ticker for fewer MC)
[b]Planetary Geomagnetic Indices: high of 40 on 11 December; last sets of five or more Kp's of 4 or more per 24 hours: 5-15 Deember[/b]
Solar Fluxes Today (related to graph median): Protons under, Electrons over (daily report at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/today.html )

[b]Moon for December[/b] per Astronomy Magazine
8 full moon, 10 apogee, 16 last quarter, 22 perigee, 23 new moon, 30 first quarter
The moon is at [b]perigee[/b] (222,661 miles near) on 22 December.

[b]Recent Volcanic Eruptions[/b]

COLIMA western México 19.514°N,103.62°W; summit elev. ~3,850 m;
as of 12 December there was an average of three explosions per day at Colima to 6.9 km, ash from an explosion on 14 December visible on satellite imagery at a height of ~6 km

DUKONO Halmahera, Indonesia 1.70°N, 127.87°E; summit elev. 1,185 m
during 10-16 December thin ash plumes sometimes visible

FUEGO Guatemala 14.47°N, 90.88°W; summit elev. 3,763 m
during 10-16 December weak explosions producing ash clouds to 4.8 km

KILAUEA Hawaii, USA 19.43°N, 155.29°W; summit elev. 1,222 m
during 10-16 December eruptive activity at Pu`u `O`o vent, new lava flows covering parts of the crater floor, no surface lava flows visible on the coastal flat or Pulama pali

SANTA MARÍA Guatemala 14.756°N 91.552°W; summit elev. 3,772 m
weak-to-moderate explosions continuing during 10-16 December, on 10 December ash mainly drifting, on 12 December ash clouds visible at a height of ~4.5 km drifting SW.

SUWANOSE-JIMA Ryukyu Islands, Japan 29.53°N, 129.72°E; summit elev. 799 m
an explosion at Suwanose-jima on 15 December to an unknown height

SOUFRIÈRE HILLS Montserrat, West Indies 16.72°N, 62.18°W; summit elev. 1,030 m
volcanic activity at low levels during 5-12 December, no new lava-dome growth since July 2003, sulfur-dioxide flux measurements from 800-900 tons per day at the beginning of the report period to 300-500 tons per day towards the end of the week.

STROMBOLI Aeolian Islands, Italy 38.79°N, 15.21°E; summit elev. 926 m
a small explosion on 10 December with a plume to a height of ~1.9 km

[b]TUNGURAHUA Ecuador 1.47°S, 78.44°W; summit elev. 5,023 m
during 11-16 December several explosions producing ash-and-gas plumes to a height of 8 km on 17 December and other dates not given, near-constant gas-and-ash emissions[/b]

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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03/12/18 05:41:576.28S151.33E53.0 5.8NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.
03/12/17 16:27:2222.50N121.44E33.0 5.2TAIWAN REGION
03/12/16 20:08:1918.93S177.36W388.1 5.3FIJI REGION
03/12/14 12:34:0515.24S173.65W33.0 5.1TONGA
03/12/12 13:39:4837.62N94.58E10.0 5.1NORTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA
03/12/12 08:07:290.07S123.93E78.4 5.1SULAWESI, INDONESIA
03/12/12 07:38:565.43S154.12E168.2 5.1BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
03/12/12 06:57:4720.99S68.11W116.5 5.2CHILE-BOLIVIA BORDER REGION
03/12/12 03:10:481.02S127.03E33.0 5.8KEPULAUAN OBI, INDONESIA
03/12/12 01:46:1342.57N142.91E33.0 5.0HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
03/12/11 08:04:5516.54S170.20W10.0 5.5SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
03/12/11 00:01:4622.73N121.45E10.0 5.1TAIWAN REGION


United States Quakes this past week
with quakes possibly felt in U.S. from nearby countries:

03/12/18 14:49:1537.31N122.07W5.4 2.8SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIF.
03/12/18 00:22:4237.79N122.22W9.5 3.1SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIF.
03/12/17 01:13:0836.30N89.52W8.8 2.5TENNESSEE
03/12/16 23:00:3251.79N173.34W33.0 4.7ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS.
03/12/15 22:01:0313.26N143.95E138.8 4.5GUAM REGION
03/12/15 14:55:0261.43N149.72W33.0 4.0SOUTHERN ALASKA
03/12/15 08:23:3462.90N143.62W4.0 4.3CENTRAL ALASKA
03/12/15 08:04:2944.23N128.71W10.0 3.8OFF COAST OF OREGON
03/12/14 10:16:3935.23N92.24W5.0 2.8ARKANSAS
03/12/14 03:09:4053.47N169.17W132.7 4.1FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
03/12/13 09:05:1351.30N177.56E33.0 3.8RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
03/12/13 02:53:0153.58N165.79W79.0 4.0FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
03/12/12 21:04:1339.54N111.92W2.1 3.3UTAH
03/12/12 11:00:0953.57N162.82W24.0 4.2SOUTH OF ALASKA
03/12/12 04:42:1333.29N116.85W10.9 2.7SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
03/12/11 17:33:5632.20N115.44W26.5 3.5BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
03/12/11 11:59:5218.89N66.05W51.4 3.9PUERTO RICO REGION
03/12/11 08:04:5516.54S170.20W10.0 5.5SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
03/12/11 00:20:2138.30N119.23W7.9 4.0CENTRAL CALIFORNIA


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
December 0 6 13 7 3 2 16 11 7 11 (4)

Yr total 19 110 160 109 76 63 103 109 112 133 (132)


SUN

Sunspot numbers for the past week:
12/10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
46 35 36 40 48 42 71 92
Planetary geomagnetic A Indices for same period
42 40 23 28 24 25 11 10

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

[b]SPECIAL NOTE[/b]

[b]Big Quake Correlations[/b]

Thanks for this to EQF on Earthwaves Prediction Board, who did the compilation and graphics and posted it for our edification:

http://www.freewebz.com/eq-forecasting/90-03d.html

Notes: Up on the chart generally means higher values. Moon gravity generally correlates with perigee at the peaks.

Comments and questions are always welcome.

Donald J. Boon, editor, [email]donaldboon@comcast.net[/email]