The Past Week Ticker

M09, T10/6.0M, W11/MC, Th12/V10.7,MC, F13/XC,MC(4), Sa14/MC(7), Su15/MC(5), M16/MC(2), T17/MC(4), W18/XC, Th19

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 Moon is at perigee (226,866 miles near) on 27 August.



Earth and Sun Digest for August 19, 2004

X and M CLASS SOLAR FLARES

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



California and Nevada earthquakes in past week--350; no quakes of 4M or greater

Interactive map at http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm , see left lower corner

Global Earthquakes of 5.0 to 5.9M thru Wednesday--11 (Jap-1, SoPac-5); no quakes 6M or greater

Earthquake data from http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/bulletin.html .

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

Ash data from http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs



Sunspot No. high and low--140 on 12 August to 53 on 18 August

Largest and smallest daily area of sunspots--1810 on 16 August to 750 on 18 August (100=Earth)

X-Class Solar Flares: two; last M-Class flares (5+/day) 7 on 14 August, 5 on 15 August (Ticker has fewer MC.)

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

Planetary Geomagnetic A Indices: high of 13 on 18 August; 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: 6 on 18 August

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.



KIKAI [SATSUMA-IWO-JIMA] Ryukyu Islands, Japan 30.78°N, 130.28°E; summit elev. 717 m

an eruption around 0205 on 13 August producing a plume to ~1.2 km



SHIVELUCH Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 56.653°N, 161.360°E; summit elev. 2,283 m

during 6-13 August gas-and-steam plumes to a maximum height of ~2.9 km



SPURR southwestern Alaska, USA 61.299°N, 152.251°W; 3,374 m

elevated seismicity during 6-17 August, as for several weeks, on 12 August a pilot report of ash in the Hayes River valley N of Spurr, but no evidence of an eruption in seismic or satellite data, subsequent pilot reports, or from visual observations



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

during 6-13 August frequent small ash-and-steam emissions visible on web camera not exceeding a height of 3 km



Equatorial Ash and Gas Eruptions at less than 23°N or S





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

during 11-16 August dozens of weak-to-moderate explosions, plumes to a maximum height of 5 km



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

on 12 August at 0449 an ash-and-gas cloud to a height of ~10.7 km, later a thin plume at a height of ~7.3 km, a plume also at a height of ~6.1 km



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

during 11-17 August surface lava flow visible on Pulama pali, lava had not entering the sea since 4 August



PITON DE LA FOURNAISE Réunion Island, Indian Ocean 21.23°S, 55.71°E; summit elev. 2,631 m

an eruption on 13 August, fissures with 2- to 3-km-long lava flows



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

during 11-16 August several explosions producing ash plumes to ~4.8 km



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

on 10 August ash at a height of ~6.1 km



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

volcanic activity at low levels during 6-13 August, the sulfur-dioxide flux varying between about 125 and 300 metric tons per day, averaging 200 metric tons



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

volcanic activity at low levels during 11-17 August, emissions of gas, steam, and ash to ~6.5 km



ULAWUN New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea 5.04°S, 151.34°E; summit elev. 2,334 m

a thin plume visible on satellite imagery at a height of ~3 km on 14 and 15 August





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.
04/08/18  09:03:1116.52N94.68W69.2   5.9OAXACA, MEXICO3 2 4 3 3 3 3 3
04/08/17  04:48:5826.42S177.91W165.0 5.7SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS3 1 1 2 3 3 4 3
04/08/17  03:01:5141.49N143.29E46.9  5.3HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
04/08/16  05:40:513.78S139.96E10.0   5.0PAPUA, INDONESIA2 1 1 2 3 3 2 3
04/08/15  03:41:166.34S107.18W10.0   5.6CENTRAL EAST PACIFIC RISE2 1 1 2 3 3 2 2
04/08/14  03:10:2711.04S166.38E155.3 5.0SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS3 1 2 3 3 3 2 2
04/08/13  17:19:364.39S129.27E146.1  5.0BANDA SEA2 2 2 1 3 2 3 3
04/08/13  10:48:3830.94N69.81E10.7   5.3PAKISTAN
04/08/12  15:59:4111.95S166.71E205.1 5.8SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS3 2 2 2 3 3 2 3
04/08/12  14:11:0216.10S73.51W38.1   5.0NEAR THE COAST OF PERU
04/08/12  14:01:380.34S125.09E41.7   5.1MOLUCCA SEA
04/08/12  01:15:574.52S153.58E118.7  5.0NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

United States Quakes this past week 
with quakes possibly felt in U.S. from nearby countries:  
04/08/19  07:14:5940.00N121.05W9.1   3.2NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/08/19  06:06:0344.66N124.31W27.8  4.7OFFSHORE OREGON
04/08/19  00:16:3637.11N121.52W7.9   3.4NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/08/18  11:30:5651.25N179.44E41.8  4.4RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
04/08/16  21:05:5346.67N121.47W0.2   4.0WASHINGTON
04/08/16  14:03:1851.70N175.14W50.2  4.2ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS.
04/08/16  07:39:0135.64N120.94W8.9   3.8CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
04/08/14  20:14:4343.17N111.02W2.3   3.6WYOMING
04/08/13  07:52:5653.88N164.16W36.6  4.4UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
04/08/13  01:19:2442.29N106.96W5.0   3.5WYOMING
04/08/12  14:33:3236.04N117.81W1.1   3.0CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
04/08/12  09:57:5236.24N120.81W5.8   3.0CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
004/08/12  02:23:3965.87N146.58W10.0 3.6NORTHERN ALASKA
04/08/11  09:11:0435.56N120.80W7.4   3.4CENTRAL 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
August    2  14  16   6   7   8   9  12   8  12   8  (3)
YR total 19 110 160 109  76  63 103 109 112 133 145 (78)
SUN
Sunspot numbers, daily for the past week:
8/11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
 115 140 160 111  98  68  63  53
Planetary geomagnetic A Indices, daily (eight Kp's for same period)
  13   9   9   9   7   8  11  13