The Past Week Ticker

M07, T08, W09/6.6M,6.4M, Th10/6.9M,V8, F11, Sa12, Su13/MC, M14, T15/6.1M, W16, Th17


Moon for June 2004 per Astronomy Magazine in EDT

3 full moon, 3 perigee, 9 last quarter, 17 new moon, 17 apogee, 20 summer solstice, 25 first quarter

The moon is at apogee (252,634 miles far), the farthest of year, today, 17 June.



Earth and Sun Digest for June 17, 2004

MOON IN APOGEE TODAY, BIG QUAKE SLUMP CONTINUES

...Week at a Glance (with time ticking)


California and Nevada earthquakes in past week--380; no quakes of 4M or greater, but there was a 4.9M offshore of northern Baja California:

Compare with map at

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm and past week count at left lower corner

Global Earthquakes of 5.0 to 5.9M thru Wednesday--12 (Jap-1, SoPac-4); There are two 6M quakes in the week, plus one additional and one modified prior listing for comparison:

6/15 6.1M NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE, 6/10 6.9M KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, RUSSIA3, 6/09 6.4M WESTERN INDIAN-ANTARCTIC RIDGE, 6/09 6.6M WESTERN INDIAN-ANTARCTIC RIDGE

Earthquake data are from U.S. Geological Survey tables at http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/bulletin.html .

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

Ash data are from the weekly GVN/USGS report at

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


Sunspot No. high and low--113 on 16 June from 28 on 12 June

Largest and smallest daily total area of sunspots--1020 on 16 June from 80 on 9 June (100 =Size of Earth)

X-Class Solar Flares: none; last M-Class flares (5+/day) 5 on 27 October (Ticker has fewer MC.)

(See http://www.sel.noaa.gov/today.html )

Planetary Geomagnetic A Indices: high of 16 on 15 June; last set of five or more Kp's of 4 (or more) per 24 hours: 3-6 April; most Kp's of 3 per 24 hours this week: 6 on 10 June

Asteroid Nearest Earth in 2004: 2004 FH on 18 March by 0.125 LD




(Source data can change without notice or correction.)


Recent Volcanic Eruptions: TWO GROUPINGS


Northern Ash and Gas Eruptions

north of latitude 23°N.



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

during 4-11 June, based on seismic data, daily ash-and-gas explosions producing plumes to 3-6.5 km


SHIVELUCH Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 56.653°N, 161.360°E; summit elev. 3,283 m

according to visual and video observations from the town of Klyuchi, during 3-5 and 10 June gas-and-steam plumes to 3.3-3.9 km


SUWANOSE-JIMA Ryukyu Islands, Japan 29.53°N, 129.72°E; summit elev. 799 m

an eruption on 9 June at 0103 producing an ash plume visible on satellite imagery at a height of ~1.8 km, another explosion at 0400 that day with an ash plume to an unknown height


VENIAMINOF Alaska Peninsula, USA 56.17°N, 159.38°W; summit elev. 2,507 m

during 4-11 June the only significant ash emissions during the evening of 30-31 May, no emission exceeding 3 km


Equatorial Ash and Gas Eruptions

at less than 23°N or S



ANATAHAN Mariana Islands, central Pacific Ocean 16.35°N, 145.67°E; summit elev. 788 m

low-level volcanic and seismic activity during 9-15 June, on 10 June Strombolian explosions observed as high as ~100 m every 10-60 seconds


AWU Sangihe Islands, Indonesia 3.67°N, 125.50°E; summit elev. 1,320 m

on 9 June two ash explosions 3.3 and 4.3 km


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

during 9-15 June low-level plumes visible on satellite imagery


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

on 13 June two collapses at western lava delta, sending sizable chunks of the delta into the sea, on 14 June most lava supplied to the ocean through lava tubes, but several surface lava flows visible on the delta traveling down the old sea cliff, the larger eastern lava delta with several active lava entries into the ocean, all vents active in the crater of Pu`u `O`o


NYIRAGONGO Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.52°S, 29.25°E; summit elev. 3,469 m

during 9-15 June ash sometimes visible on satellite imagery below ~5.5 km


SOUFRIÈRE HILLS Montserrat, West Indies 16.72°N, 62.18°W; summit elev. 1,052 m

activity at low levels during 4-11 June, the sulfur-dioxide flux peaking at ~790 tons on 7 June and decreasing sharply to ~170 tons per day by the end of the report period


TENGGER CALDERA Java, Indonesia 7.942°S, 112.950°E; summit elev. 2,329 m

a phreatic eruption on 8 June at 0826 producing an ash cloud rosing 5.3 km, after the explosion only steam and gas until an explosion on 14 June at 0119 with ash ~2.4 km

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

several explosions on 10 June, the largest rising ~8 km



All ash elevations are in km above sea level (a.s.l.) and times are converted to UTC.


The FIVE Index has an additional column giving the eight daily estimated planetary Kp (three hourly) geomagnetic values at the last of the day's listed quakes, in the same UTC time frame as the quake listings. Is it true? Can the Sun suppress the quakes of Earth?

EARTH
FIVE Index of Global earthquakes of 5.0 magnitude or greater
DATE-(UTC)-TIME    LAT  LON    DEP   MAG  Q  COMMENTS  Daily Kp values 
yy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss  deg. deg.   km 
READ UP for latest report.
04/06/17  01:16:0121.28S68.46W115.3  5.6CHILE-BOLIVIA BORDER REGION1 3 2 2 2 2-1-1
04/06/16  21:34:315.55N127.05E136.8  5.2PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION2 2 3 2 2 2 1 1
04/06/16  01:42:5034.33N141.48E48.8  5.0OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
04/06/15  22:28:4532.23N117.96W5.0   5.1OFFSHORE BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO2 1 5 3 4 3 3 3
04/06/15  11:16:3138.81S73.06W37.9   6.1NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
04/06/14  22:54:2316.47N97.83W10.0   5.9OAXACA, MEXICO
04/06/14  20:06:1822.14S174.92W45.2  5.5TONGA REGION2 1 3 3 4 3 3 2
04/06/13  19:28:1317.91S178.58W581.9 5.4FIJI REGION1 0 1 1 2 2 2 2
04/06/12  No quakes listed1 2 3 1 3 2 2 2
04/06/11  07:09:2328.00S90.81W18.3   5.1SOUTHEAST CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN3 2 3 3 2 3 2 2
04/06/10  20:33:0330.26S178.72W119.9 5.2KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 
04/06/10  17:17:5812.56N126.19E10.0  5.1PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
04/06/10  15:19:5755.71N160.03E184.3 6.9KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, RUSSIA3
04/06/10  11:13:5023.18S175.40W65.0  5.1TONGA REGION
04/06/10  09:35:071.24N126.87E63.7   5.1MOLUCCA SEA
04/06/10  09:00:0111.52N87.69W61.8   5.6NEAR THE COAST OF NICARAGUA
Revised Listings (one new)
04/06/09  22:52:0851.65S139.61E10.0  6.4WESTERN INDIAN-ANTARCTIC RIDGE
04/06/09  22:49:4451.58S139.71E10.0  6.6WESTERN INDIAN-ANTARCTIC RIDGE
United States Quakes this past week 
with quakes possibly felt in U.S. from nearby countries:  
04/06/16  04:07:2136.73N89.69W3.2    3.3SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
04/06/16  00:43:4732.36N117.82W7.0   3.6OFFSHORE BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
04/06/15  22:28:4932.38N117.85W7.0   4.9OFFSHORE BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
04/06/15  22:12:1760.90N147.38W14.0  3.9SOUTHERN ALASKA
04/06/15  08:34:2236.67N89.68W9.1    3.7SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
04/06/14  12:58:3767.79N156.33W13.6  4.0NORTHERN ALASKA
04/06/12  15:12:0947.23N123.82W0.0   2.6OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASHINGTON
04/06/12  15:04:1939.41N120.21W2.5   3.4NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/06/12  14:49:4139.41N120.21W1.8   3.7NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/06/12  10:42:4838.81N122.81W2.3   3.2NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/06/12  06:44:2517.63N65.40W20.3   3.2PUERTO RICO REGION
04/06/11  20:28:4948.63N121.66W0.0   2.8WASHINGTON
04/06/11  19:05:3050.65N129.80W10.0  3.9VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION
04/06/11  10:25:2454.05N163.69W18.3  4.5UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
04/06/11  09:15:3453.96N163.64W21.1  4.6UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
04/06/10  12:30:0934.24N97.27W5.0    2.9OKLAHOMA
04/06/10  12:30:0934.24N97.27W5.0    2.9OKLAHOMA

YEARS OF MONTHLY COUNTS of Earthquakes of 6 or greater Magnitude
in the World[/b], per USGS/NEIC Preliminary Global Report
 YEAR:   93  94  95  96  97  98  99  00  01  02  03  04
March     0   2   8  13   5   7   8   5   5  10  15  10
April     0  12  17   4   9   6   8   3   9   7   8  17
May       3  15  17   8   9   6   9   5   8   7  16   7
June      1  11  12  12   3   3   3  22  10  14  12  (6)
YR total 19 110 160 109  76  63 103 109 112 133 145 (64)
SUN
Sunspot numbers, daily for the past week:
6/9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  
 73  50  45  28  55  77  87 113
Planetary geomagnetic, daily A Indices, (eight Kp's for same period)
 14  11  10   7   4  11  16   7