The Past Week Ticker

M19/6.4M, T20, W21, Th22/MC(3),6.2M, F23/MC(2),GS47, Sa24/MC(2), Su25/MC(4),GS122,7.2M, M26/MC(3),GS31, T27/MC(2),GS162, W28/MC,6.6M, Th29

MTWThFSaSu-days of week; 6M-quake, V8-volcano, MC or XC-solar flare, GS-geomagnetic storm



Moon for August 2004 per Astronomy Magazine in EDT

7 last quarter, 11 apogee, 15 new moon, 23 first quarter, 27 perigee, 29 full moon

The July Moon has its second perigee (223,895 miles near) on 30 July.

The full moon, the second of July, is thus a http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/07jul_bluemoon.htm Blue Moon.



X and M-CLASS FLARES! See the latest strength on the graph at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/today.html .



Perseid Meteor Shower peaks on 12 August.





Earth and Sun Digest for July 29, 2004

ANOTHER MAGNETIC WEEK

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



California and Nevada earthquakes in past week--330; one quake of 4M or greater: 7/24 4.0M SOUTHERN 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--11 (Jap-2, SoPac-6); three 6M quakes or greater: 7/28 6.6M NEAR N COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA, 7/25 7.2M SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA, 7/22 6.4M RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN (last previously reported)

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)--none

Ash data are from the weekly GVN/USGS report at

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



Sunspot No. high and low--130 on 25 July to 66 on 27 and 28 July

Largest and smallest daily total area of sunspots--2070 on 22 to 960 on 28 July (100 =Size of Earth)

X-Class Solar Flares: none]; last M-Class flares (5+/day) 5 on 13 July (Ticker has fewer MC.)

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

Planetary Geomagnetic A Indices: high of 162 on 27 July; five or more Kp's of 4 (or more) per 24 hours: 22 thru 27 July; high no. of Kp's of 3 per 24 hours this week: seven on 28 July

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




(Data is upgraded at the source as needed without notice.)





Recent Volcanic Eruptions: TWO GROUPINGS



Northern Ash and Gas Eruptions

north of latitude 23°N.





SPURR Southwestern Alaska, USA 61.299°N, 152.251°W; 3374 m

on 26 July after an increase in seismicity no indications an eruption imminent



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

small steam-and-ash emissions during 16-23 July, on 22 July at 2129 a witnessed small ash burst rising a few hundred meters as during the previous 3 months, during periods of repose in the report week variable amounts of white steam from at least two separate craters





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

seismicity approaching the highest levels of the year on 23 July, Strombolian explosions frequently throwing mostly coarse material up to hundreds of meters at intervals of tens of seconds to minutes, on 26 July nearly continuous ash-and-gas emissions, by 27 July seismicity to very low levels



EGON Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia 8.67°S, 122.45°E; 1,703 m

on 25 July at 1440 a strong sulfur scent and explosions to 1.7-3.2 km, At 0700 on 26 July nearly continuous explosions producing plumes to ~1.95 km



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

strong explosions on 21 July during 1230-1550 producing ash plumes to a height of ~5.8 km, ash emissions and avalanches continuing through 27 July



GALERAS Colombia 1.22°N, 77.37°W; summit elev. 4,276 m

during several days prior to 24 July emissions to ~4.9 km, ash not visible



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

several surface lava flows visible during 22-26 July, and all vents in the crater of Pu`u `O`o incandescent



LEWOTOLO Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia 8.272°S, 123.505°E; summit elev. 1,423 m

a thin plume to a height of ~1.7 km on 25 July, ash not visible



MAYON southeastern Luzon, Philippines 13.257°N, 123.685°E; summit elev. 2,462 m

during the week of 18 July emissions ash on two villages near the volcano due to water contacting hot rocks



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

an eruption sometime before 0500 on 27 July, on satellite imagery the plume to between 3.6 and 4.9 km



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

during 21-27 July weak-to-moderate explosions producing plumes to ~4.5 km



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

volcanic activity at low levels during 16-23 July, the sulfur-dioxide flux on 16 and 23 July at 170 and 400 metric tons per day respectively



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

during 25-26 July volcanic activity at low levels





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





EARTH

The FIVE Index has the last column giving the eight daily Kp (three hourly) geomagnetic values in the same 
UTC time frame as the quake listings.
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.
04/07/28  10:23:2910.26S161.14E55.7  5.7SOLOMON ISLANDS
04/07/28  09:26:430.44S132.77E10.0   5.0NEAR N COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
04/07/28  04:01:590.36S133.04E10.0   5.4NEAR N COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
04/07/28  03:56:280.48S133.04E13.6   6.6NEAR N COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
04/07/27  01:06:522.99S147.52E30.0   5.4ADMIRALTY ISLANDS REGION, P.N.G.
04/07/26  04:41:558.48S119.75E114.3  5.1FLORES REGION, INDONESIA
04/07/25  19:48:5612.42N95.04E23.0   5.2ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
04/07/25  17:28:375.18N125.24E174.7  5.1MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
04/07/25  14:35:182.40S104.02E574.9  7.2SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
04/07/25  14:01:0917.38S68.46W153.8  5.0CENTRAL BOLIVIA
04/07/24  18:54:5926.55N128.72E37.1  5.7RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
04/07/23  22:17:0732.89S178.47W10.0  5.1SOUTH OF KERMADEC ISLANDS
04/07/22  09:45:1826.55N128.85E44.4  6.4RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
04/07/22  03:56:3828.62N65.30E40.2   5.1PAKISTAN
United States Quakes this past week 
with quakes possibly felt in U.S. from nearby countries:  
04/07/29  03:25:3440.41N124.45W21.7  3.0OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/07/28  20:19:4234.14N117.44W3.6   3.8GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CA.
04/07/27  21:18:4156.78N153.17W20.0  3.9KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
04/07/27  19:30:4318.82N64.27W32.5   4.0VIRGIN ISLANDS
04/07/27  11:01:1132.58N116.19W0.0   3.3BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
04/07/27  03:55:5635.72N121.06W2.3   2.9CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
04/07/27  03:38:1735.72N121.05W5.9   3.7CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
04/07/26  20:11:3038.81N122.81W4.3   3.0NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/07/26  08:01:2461.13N147.08W15.0  3.8SOUTHERN ALASKA
04/07/26  06:40:4647.16N123.85W14.9  3.5OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASHINGTON
04/07/24  12:55:1934.37N119.44W1.4   4.0SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/07/24  04:26:1138.81N122.81W4.9   2.9NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/07/23  20:06:2742.09N120.25W7.5   2.9OREGON
04/07/23  18:21:0055.02N160.42W20.0  4.6ALASKA PENINSULA
04/07/22  20:26:2742.21N120.30W5.0   4.3OREGON
04/07/22  15:01:1232.37N115.22W0.0   3.2BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
04/07/22  13:40:1042.17N120.26W5.0   3.1OREGON
04/07/22  09:16:1216.88N145.42E183.8 4.6ANATAHAN REG, N. MARIANA ISLANDS
04/07/22  06:38:1434.01N117.25W13.6  3.0GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA

YEARS OF MONTHLY COUNTS 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  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  10
July      2  10  12   7   5   9   8   9  10   5  15 (11 with two 7M)
YR total 19 110 160 109  76  63 103 109 112 133 145 (75)
SUN
Sunspot numbers, daily for the past week:
7/21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28
 162 117  86 109 130 113  66  66
Planetary geomagnetic A Indices, daily (eight Kp's for same period)
   6  19  47  27 122  31 162  14