The Past Week Ticker

M14, T15/6.1M, W16, Th17, F18/V10,V8.2, Sa19, Su20, M21, T22, W23, Th24/V9.7


Moon for July 2004 per Astronomy Magazine in EDT

1 perigee, 2 full moon, 9 last quarter, 14 apogee, 17 new moon, 24 first quarter, 30 perigee #2, 31 full moon #2


The Moon is at first perigee (222,108 miles near), on 1 July.

Its second perigee of the month is 30 July (223,895 miles near).

On 3 June the perigee was closest of the year at 221,983 miles near.


The Earth is at aphelion (94.5 million miles, farthest from the Sun) on 5 July.


Southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower peaks on 28 July.



Earth and Sun Digest for June 24, 2004

VOLCANO WEEK

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


California and Nevada earthquakes in past week--335; three quakes of 4M or greater: 6/22 4.0M OFF COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, 6/22 4.9M OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, 6/22 4.8M OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN 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--19 (Jap-2, SoPac-6); no 6M quakes

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, Russia(Kamchatka)

Ash data are from the weekly GVN/USGS report at

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


Sunspot No. high and low--142 on 20 June from 90 on 19 June

Largest and smallest daily total area of sunspots--1080 on 20 June to 640 on 23 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 8 on 18 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: 2 on 17 and 18 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.



BEZYMIANNY Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 55.98°N, 160.59°E; summit elev. 2,882 m

on 18 June explosive activity during 1940-2030 producing an ash plume to 8-10 km with video confirmation


SAKURA-JIMA Kyushu, Japan 31.58°N, 130.67°E; summit elev. 1,117 m

an explosion at on 20 June at 0623 producing an ash cloud to an unknown height



Equatorial Ash and Gas Eruptions

at less than 23°N or S



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

during 15-16 June "White smoke" about 50-100 m above the summit


IJEN eastern Java, Indonesia 8.058°S, 114.242°E; summit elev. 2,386 m

an increase in activity beginning on 17 June, with the chief of the national park saying, "There have been sulfuric rocks coming out of the edge of the crater and the fluid in it [crater lake] has turned from green to white and it has emitted hot foam."


KERINCI Sumatra, Indonesia 1.69°S, 101.27°E; summit elev. 3,805 m

on 22 June an ash plume at a height of ~3.8 km


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

during 16-22 July lava continuing to flow into the ocean and vents in the crater of Pu`u `O`o active, surface lava flows visible


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

on 18 June three weak-to-moderate explosions producing ash plumes to 4.8 km


SEMERU Java, Indonesia 8.11°S, 112.92°E; summit elev. 3,676 m

on 18 June an ash cloud visible at a height of ~6 km


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

volcanic activity at low levels during 11-18 June, the sulfur-dioxide flux low reaching a peak of ~480 metric tons on 14 June


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

during 15-17 June, low-level activity with "thin smoke" emissions rising 25-150 m above the summit


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

during 16-21 June a slight increase in volcanic activity with several emissions of steam, gas, and moderate amounts of ash and 5-10 explosions daily; on 17 June ash to 7 km, on 18 June ash to 8.2 km, on 22 June to 7.9 km, on 24 June to 9.7 km


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

during 11-18 June possible small, low-level ash emissions, on 17 June at 0750 an ash cloud to a height of ~2.7 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 end of the day's last 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.
04/06/23  08:48:2719.43S68.90W105.8  5.3CHILE-BOLIVIA BORDER REGION1 0 1 1 2 3 2 2
04/06/23  01:26:016.96S124.97E537.1  5.3BANDA SEA
04/06/22  09:04:4310.93S166.25E152.4 5.9SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS1 0 0 1 2 2 2 1
04/06/22  02:17:2841.76N144.11E10.0  5.0HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
04/06/21  21:29:0961.65N151.25W81.0  5.2SOUTHERN ALASKA1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1
04/06/21  18:30:1859.38S148.46E30.0  5.1WEST OF MACQUARIE ISLAND
04/06/20  11:54:020.70S133.13E19.7   5.4NEAR N COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
04/06/20  11:54:020.69S133.15E19.7   5.4NEAR N COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
04/06/20  08:51:020.49N126.00E10.0   5.2MOLUCCA SEA
04/06/20  05:39:0033.39N140.59E49.0  5.1IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
04/06/20  01:37:355.34N82.52W10.0    5.8SOUTH OF PANAMA
04/06/20  00:47:3421.86S179.59W627.4 5.0FIJI REGION
04/06/19  No Quakes Listed2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
04/06/18  14:59:546.64N72.98W150.9   5.0NORTHERN COLOMBIA1 2 2 3 2 3 2 2
04/06/18  13:22:411.85S138.75E30.4   5.0NEAR N COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
04/06/18  06:50:1916.61N161.24E30.6  5.3MARSHALL ISLANDS REGION
04/06/17  15:34:5619.32S172.75W42.9  5.0TONGA REGION1 3 2 2 2 2 3 2
04/06/17  02:16:4321.58N143.16E299.1 5.0MARIANA ISLANDS REGION
04/06/17  01:16:0121.28S68.46W115.3  5.7CHILE-BOLIVIA BORDER REGION
04/06/17  01:16:0121.28S68.46W115.3  5.6CHILE-BOLIVIA BORDER REGION1 3 2 2 2 2-1-1
04/06/17  Apogee
United States Quakes this past week 
with quakes possibly felt in U.S. from nearby countries:  

04/06/22  08:55:2832.53N104.58W5.0   3.7NEW MEXICO
04/06/22  08:06:2341.30N127.14W10.0  4.0OFF COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/06/22  06:10:4024.92N109.32W10.0  4.6GULF OF CALIFORNIA
04/06/22  06:07:4241.31N127.10W10.0  3.7OFF COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/06/22  05:59:1541.41N127.17W10.0  4.9OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/06/22  05:41:3541.33N127.26W10.0  4.8OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/06/22  04:57:3341.40N126.97W10.0  3.8OFF COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/06/21  21:29:0961.65N151.25W81.0  5.2SOUTHERN ALASKA
04/06/21  19:44:3662.08N150.03W43.0  4.3CENTRAL ALASKA
04/06/21  12:12:3932.30N115.31W7.0   2.9BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
04/06/20  05:11:1652.26N171.48W25.0  4.3FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
04/06/19  04:03:5219.16N65.26W25.1   4.5PUERTO RICO REGION
04/06/19  01:12:5335.54N120.57W5.5   3.1CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
04/06/18  11:49:0833.18N115.61W3.6   3.0SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/06/18  06:44:1343.98N113.80W3.5   3.3SOUTHERN IDAHO
04/06/17  18:43:5540.75N125.08W5.0   3.8OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/06/17  09:16:4246.63N118.23W36.0  3.4WASHINGTON
04/06/17  06:44:4532.33N117.84W10.0  3.0OFFSHORE BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
04/06/17  02:16:4321.58N143.16E299.1 5.0MARIANA ISLANDS REGION
04/06/17  01:09:3535.97N117.98W4.5   3.1CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
Delayed listings
04/06/16  21:22:0835.69N121.10W0.1   2.9CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
04/06/16  20:20:1235.64N120.95W7.0   2.9CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
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:
6/16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23 
 113 106 118  90 142 139 113 104
Planetary geomagnetic, daily A Indices, (eight Kp's for same period)
   7   7   8   5   3   4   4   5