The Past Week Ticker

M01V12.2,MC, T02/6.7M, W03/V14,MC(4),6.0M, Th04/MC(2),V9, F05/MC(2),6.0M, Sa06/MC(4), Su07/XC,6.2M, M08/MC,GS189,6.3M, T09/MC,GS120,6.9M, W10/GS,XC, Th11/6.4M,6.5M,7.3M,6.4M

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



Moon for November 2004 per Astronomy Magazine in EDT

2 apogee 1, 5 last quarter, 12 new moon, 14 perigee, 19 first quarter, 26 full moon, 30 apogee 2

The Moon is at perigee (225,130 miles near) on 14 November.



A poor showing of the Leonid Meteor Shower peak may be seen before dawn on 17 November.



Solar Activity More at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/today.html .





EARTH AND SUN DIGEST for November 11, 2004

Two X Class Solar Flares, Eight Big Earthquakes

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



California and Nevada earthquakes in past week--381; quake of 4M or greater: none

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--20 (Japan-6, SoPacific-6); eight quakes of 6M or greater: 11/11 6.4M KEPULAUAN ALOR, INDONESIA, 11/11 7.3M KEPULAUAN ALOR, INDONESIA , 11/11 6.5M SOLOMON ISLANDS, 11/11 6.4M HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION, 11/09 6.9M SOLOMON ISLANDS, 11/08 6.3M TAIWAN REGION, 11/07 6.2M SEA OF OKHOTSK, 11/05 6.0M NEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA , including four in the first day of the perigee week.

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

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

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



Sunspot No. high and low--135 on 4 November to 50 on 10 November

Largest and smallest daily area of sunspots--1400 on 5 November to 500 on 10 November (100=Earth)

X-Class Solar Flares: one each on 7 and 10 November; last M-Class flares (5+/day): five on 15 August (Ticker has fewer MC.) (See updating site at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/today.html )

Planetary Geomagnetic A Indices: high of 189 on 8 November; five or more Kp's of 4 (or more) per 24 hours: 7 thru 11 November; high no. of Kp's of 3 per 24 hours this week: two on 7 November



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





RECENT VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS



Northern Ash and Gas Eruptions north of latitude 23°N.





GRÍMSVÖTN northeastern Iceland 64.42°N, 17.33°W; summit elev. 1,725 m (9 km)

the eruption on 1 November around 2200 greatly reduced by 4 November, the eruption plume greatly reduced, consisting mostly of steam, ash and fragmented ice ~to a height of 2-4, on 2 November a phreatomagmatic eruption in progress from a short (less than 1-km-long) eruptive fissure at 64.40°N, 17.23°W with a continuous plume to an elevation of about 9 km and periods of high explosive activity with maximum plume heights of 12-14 km above the volcano, air traffic disrupted with an area of 311 thousand square kilometers closed to flights until the morning of 4 November, eruptions containing ash ceasing around 1700 on 4 November



RUAPEHU North Island, New Zealand 39.28°S, 175.57°E; summit elev. 2,779 m (0)

on 2 November volcanic tremor to the highest level for at least 12 months, the tremor declining slowly



ST. HELENS Washington, USA 46.20°N, 122.18°W; summit elev. 2,549 m (3.3 km)

during 3-8 November seismicity at a low level compared to early in the unrest, consistent with a continuing, slow rise of magma driving uplift of the crater floor and feeding a surface extrusion of lava, the lava reaching the surface gas poor, reducing the probability of highly explosive eruptions in the near term, the finer particulates from rockfalls within the steam plume about 800 m above the crater rim, or 3.3 km



SHIVELUCH Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 56.653°N, 161.360°E; summit elev. 2,283 m (6 km)

during 29 October-5 November, based on seismic data, possible ash-and-gas explosions up to 6.5 km on 30 October and 2-4 November, ash-and-gas explosions up to 3.5-5.5 km noted all week, according to video data ash-and-gas explosions to 3.5-6 km during 28-30 October, and 1 and 3-4 November



SPURR southwestern Alaska, USA 61.299°N, 152.251°W; 3,374 m (0)

elevated levels of seismicity continuing during 29 October to 2 November, an earthquake swarm on 4 November, airborne measurements of volcanic gas from the volcano on 29 and 30 October indicating no significant change in the amount of carbon dioxide or sulfur-bearing gases compared to September, no unusual activity observed on satellite or web-camera images





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





COLIMA western México 19.514°N,103.62°W; summit elev. ~3,850 m (?)

during 5-7 November block-lava flows continuing down W, NW, and S flanks since 30 September, several explosions daily



FUEGO Guatemala 14.47°N, 90.88°W; summit elev. 3,763 m (low level)

during 3-5 November avalanches of incandescent volcanic material originating from two areas, afew explosions producing low-level plumes, avalanches from the fronts of lava flows



KILAUEA Hawaii, USA 19.43°N, 155.29°W; summit elev. 1,222 m (0)

lava from Kilauea's PKK flow entering the sea the evening of 4 November, the first since the Banana lava delta in early August 2004, on the morning of 5 November the entry small but vigorous, by 8 November the new lava delta ~100 m wide along the shore and reached 15 m seaward from the front of the old Lae`apuki delta, during 4-8 November all vents in the

crater of Pu`u `O`o incandescent



MANAM offshore New Guinea, Papua New Guinea 4.10°S, 145.06°E; summit elev. 1,807 m (3 km)

ash visible on satellite imagery on 8 and 9 November at a height of ~3 km



NYIRAGONGO Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.52°S, 29.25°E; summit elev. 3,469 m (4.9 km)

an eruption sometime earlier than 0400 on 3 November, a thin W-drifting plume visible on satellite imagery on 3 and 4 November at a height around 3.6-4.9 km



SANTA MARÍA Guatemala 14.756°N 91.552°W; summit elev. 3,772 m (4.8 km)

during 3-8 November weak-to-moderate explosions producing gas-and-ash plumes to ~4.8 km, many explosions accompanied by block-and-ash avalanches from the NE and SW edges of Caliente dome, satellite imagery on 3 November showing a possible ash-bearing plume at a height of ~5 km



SOUFRIÈRE HILLS Montserrat, West Indies 16.72°N, 62.18°W; summit elev. 1,052 m (0)

during 29 October to 5 November volcanic remaining elevated, thought to be related to rainfall, the sulfur-dioxide flux averaging about 290 metric tons per day, with a high of 440 metric tons on 30 October



TUNGURAHUA Ecuador 1.47°S, 78.44°W; summit elev. 5,023 m (low level)

volcanic activity during 4-7 November at relatively low levels, characterized by a few long-period earthquakes and small explosions, emissions mainly steam, gas, and small amounts of ash





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  Day's Kp values 
yy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss  deg. deg.   km 
READ UP for latest report.
11/11     4 5 4 4 2 3 2 4
04/11/11  22:49:498.36S124.64E18.0   6.4KEPULAUAN ALOR, INDONESIA 
04/11/11  21:26:448.14S124.79E37.8   7.3KEPULAUAN ALOR, INDONESIA 
04/11/11  17:34:5511.17S162.02E29.7  6.5SOLOMON ISLANDS 
04/11/11  17:33:1111.38S162.04E38.8  5.6SOLOMON ISLANDS 
04/11/11  10:04:4222.30S176.30W55.4  5.3SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS 
04/11/11  10:02:4742.10N144.30E40.2  6.4HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 
04/11/11  09:11:4017.03S69.55W96.0   5.2SOUTHERN PERU 
04/11/11  03:23:5822.81S69.58W71.0   5.1ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE 
04/11/11  02:16:4424.35N122.21E44.8  5.8TAIWAN REGION 
Beginning of perigee week
11/10     8 8 9 9 7 6 5 4
04/11/10  14:48:0724.14N122.35E60.1  5.2TAIWAN REGION 
04/11/10  10:35:3421.18S176.01W10.0  5.5FIJI REGION 
04/11/10  07:51:037.01S102.81E10.0   5.3SOUTHWEST OF SUMATRA, INDONESIA 
04/11/10  02:34:1520.60S175.67W10.0  5.2TONGA 
11/9      6 6 5 7 6 7 8 7
04/11/09  23:58:2611.10S163.66E26.2  6.9SOLOMON ISLANDS
04/11/09  22:14:3711.58N140.69E52.7  5.5STATE OF YAP, MICRONESIA 
04/11/09  18:43:0837.38N138.78E10.0  5.3NEAR WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN 
11/8      9 9 9 8 6 3 4 5
04/11/08  20:01:2214.34N146.90E10.0  5.1ROTA REGION, N. MARIANA ISLANDS 
04/11/08  19:38:1124.01N122.56E30.0  5.3TAIWAN REGION
04/11/08  15:55:0124.06N122.55E29.0  6.3TAIWAN REGION
04/11/08  15:07:2533.71N138.40E13.1  5.6IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
04/11/08  13:37:596.40S130.08E142.7  5.1BANDA SEA
04/11/08  02:32:1737.32N138.98E10.0  5.0NEAR WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN 
04/11/08  02:27:1037.25N138.92E10.0  5.0NEAR THE WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
04/11/08  02:15:5837.38N138.85E10.0  5.5NEAR THE WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
11/7      1 2 1 3 3 5 6 7
04/11/07  02:41:4155.52S29.10W39.8   5.8SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION 
04/11/07  02:02:2547.94N144.43E472.5 6.2SEA OF OKHOTSK
11/6      0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
04/11/06  22:20:432.58N128.23E69.9   5.2HALMAHERA, INDONESIA 
11/5      3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
04/11/05  17:31:3318.59S168.97E188.8 5.7VANUATU
04/11/05  05:35:304.99S152.38E86.4   5.1NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G. 
04/11/05  05:18:344.39S143.96E121.4  6.0NEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA 
11/4      1 2 2 1 1 3 2 2
04/11/04  14:03:1143.64N146.77E61.6  5.9KURIL ISLANDS 
04/11/04  08:29:1845.84S76.37W35.0   5.1OFF COAST OF AISEN, CHILE 
04/11/04  06:22:3935.89N23.29E73.1   5.3CRETE, GREECE 

United States Quakes this past week 
with quakes possibly felt in U.S. from nearby countries:  
(highest magnitude quake shown for Mount St. Helens)
04/10/01          3.5M MOUNT ST. HELENS AREA, WASHINGTON
04/11/11  10:50:4834.72N116.05W2.2   3.7SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 
04/11/10  01:20:0137.28N121.67W4.3   2.9NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 
04/11/09  07:23:4043.69N127.23W10.0  4.2OFF COAST OF OREGON 
04/11/09  06:44:0435.03N116.91W4.3   3.7SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/11/08  21:56:5134.05N117.26W12.2  2.7GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA
04/11/08  21:04:2219.31N155.76W10.7  3.7ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII 
04/11/08  20:01:2214.34N146.90E10.0  5.1ROTA REGION, N. MARIANA ISLANDS 
04/11/08  06:21:1163.08N151.43W5.0   4.9CENTRAL ALASKA 
04/11/07  11:20:2532.97N87.90W5.0    4.0ALABAMA 
04/11/07  06:55:0038.29N108.89W5.0   4.0COLORADO
04/11/06  21:48:0159.44N151.48W45.0  3.3KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
04/11/05  12:19:4663.63N149.85W139.0 3.8CENTRAL ALASKA 
04/11/04  13:08:2447.45N112.72W27.9  3.0WESTERN MONTANA 
04/11/04  11:51:3562.97N143.52W18.0  4.2CENTRAL ALASKA
04/11/04  00:03:5249.75N129.79W10.0  4.2VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION 
Late listings
04/11/03  19:01:5914.53N146.82E10.0  4.5ROTA REGION, N. MARIANA ISLANDS 
04/11/03  15:57:4514.54N146.92E10.0  4.6ROTA REGION, N. MARIANA ISLANDS 
04/11/03  10:09:0214.61N146.76E10.0  4.5ROTA REGION, N. MARIANA ISLANDS 

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
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   4
September 4   8   8   9   7   4  12   7  10  13  18  15 with two 7M's
October   4  12  21   9   6   3   4   8  11  21  11  12
November  0   7  10   6   7   4  15  15  10  11  13 (10 with one 7M)
YR total 19 110 160 109  76  63 103 109 112 133 145(117)
SUN
Sunspot numbers, daily for the past week:
11/3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11    
 123 135  83 106  94  93  90  50   -
Planetary geomagnetic A Indices, daily (eight Kp's for same period)
  10   7   4   3  39 189 120 181  23