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EARTH AND SUN DIGEST 2005/03/17 Volcanoes Still Erupting High
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Posted by Canie on March 17, 2005 at 12:23:22:
The Past Week Ticker
M07/GS42, T08, W09, Th10/V8.5, F11, Sa12, Su13/6.0M,V8, M14, T15, W16, Th17/6.2M,V7.6
MTWThFSaSu-days of week; 6M-quake, V8-volcano, MC or XC-solar flare, GS30-geomagnetic storm
Moon Phases and Orbit for March 2005 per Astronomy Magazine in EDT
3 last quarter, 7 perigee, 10 new moon, 17 first quarter, 19 apogee, 25 full moon
The Moon is at apogee ( miles far) on 19 March.
The vernal equinox is 20 March at 7:33 AM EST.
The green comet Machholz is still visible with binoculars near the North Star Polaris.
EARTH AND SUN DIGEST for March 17, 2005
Volcanoes Still Erupting High
...Week at a Glance (with time ticking)
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 05
December 0 6 13 7 3 2 16 11 7 11 17 21
January 2 1 13 10 4 7 5 8 10 14 10 11 28, more after 9M on 12/26/04
February 1 12 13 18 7 4 6 4 14 6 5 13 16
March 0 2 8 13 5 7 8 5 5 10 15 10 (5)YR total 19 110 160 109 76 63 103 109 112 133 145 145 (48)
Global Earthquakes of 5.0 to 5.9M thru Wednesday--28 (Japan-2, SoPacific-3); two quakes of 6M or greater: 3/17 6.2M GUATEMALA, 3/13 6.0M SOUTHEASTERN IRAN.
California and Nevada earthquakes in past week-325; one quake 4M or greater: 3/13 4.0M CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
Interactive map
Earthquake data .
Volcanic ash near Jet Stream (at 5 mi/8 km)--Mexico but at least 7.6 km on Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
http://Ash data
Sunspot No. high and low--77 on 13 March to 45 on 16 March
Largest and smallest daily area of sunspots--720 on 15 March from 470 on 10 March(100=Earth-size)
X-Class Solar Flares: none; last M-Class flares (5+/day): six on 15 January
(See updating site at www.sel.noaa.gov/today.html )
Planetary Geomagnetic A Indices: high of 21 on 14 March; five or more Kp's of 4 (or more) per 24 hours: eight on 7 March; high no. of Kp's of 3 per 24 hours this week: six on 10 March
(Data is upgraded at the source as needed without notice.)
Northern Ash and Gas Eruptions north of latitude 23°N.
CHIKURACHKI northern Kurile Islands, Russia 50.325°N, 155.458°E; summit elev. 1,816 m (2.2 km)
increased volcanic activity on 12 March, on 1 March a gas-and-steam plume rising to ~2.2 km, on 12 March another ash plume
KLIUCHEVSKOI Russia 56.06°N, 160.36°E; summit elev. 4835 m (7.6 km)
on 17 March ash emitting continuously on satellite imagery to a height of 7.6 km
ST. HELENS Washington, USA 46.20°N, 122.18°W; summit elev. 2,549 m (low steam from 10 March)
a small but significant explosion occurring on 9 March at 0125 and producing a fine dusting of ash in Ellensberg, Yakima, and Toppenish, Washington during 0300-0500 UTC, by 1000 on 9 March, the leading edge of the faint, diffuse plume reaching western Montana; the lava dome intact after the explosion but ballistics up to ~1 m in diameter hurled as far as the northern flank of the old lava dome, the source of the explosion from the NNW side of the new lava dome and very near the source of the 1 October 2004 and 16 January 2005 explosions; after the 8 March explosion only steam emitted, emissions very low, essentially unchanged from late February
SUWANOSE-JIMA Ryukyu Islands, Japan 29.53°N, 129.72°E; summit elev. 799 m (1.8 km)
an explosion on 9 March producing an ash plume to a height of ~1.8 km
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 (8 km)
an eruption on 10 March at 1410 producing pyroclastic flows that traveled up to 3 km down the volcano's flanks in all directions and an E-drifting ash cloud to a height of ~5.8 km; on 13 March at 2128 a large explosion producng a pyroclastic flow down several ravines with an ash plume rose to ~8 km
KILAUEA Hawaii, USA 19.43°N, 155.29°W; summit elev. 1,222 m (0)
on 15 March only small areas of surface lava flows visible on the Pulama pali fault scarp, and the amount of lava in the three branches of the PKK lava flow continuing to decrease; lava continuing to enter the ocean at the Ka`ili`ili and East Lae`apuki ocean entries
MANAM offshore New Guinea, Papua New Guinea 4.10°S, 145.06°E; summit elev. 1,807 m (low)
on 15 March a thin plume visible on satellite imagery
POPOCATÉPETL México 19.02°N, 98.62°W; summit elev. 5,426 m (5.9 km)
during 9-15 March occasional emission of steam, gas, and small amounts of ash; an ash emission on 9 March at 1904 producing a plume that rose to ~5.9 km above the summit crater and drifted E
RABAUL New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea 4.271°S, 152.203°E; summit elev. 688 m (low)
low-level eruptions continuing at caldera's active Tavurvur cone during 9-15 March
SOUFRIÈRE HILLS Montserrat, West Indies 16.72°N, 62.18°W; summit elev. 1,052 m (low with gas)
seismicity at low levels during 4-11 March, the sulfur-dioxide flux remaining around the same level as the previous week, with an average of 695 metric tons recorded daily; during the week a strong sulfurous smell noticed across the northern part of Montserrat, MVO attributing this to a deviation from the normal prevailing wind direction
TUNGURAHUA Ecuador 1.47°S, 78.44°W; summit elev. 5,023 m (low)
during 9-14 March volcanic and seismic activity at relatively low levels with low-energy gas-and-steam plumes emitted
ULAWUN New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea 5.04°S, 151.34°E; summit elev. 2,334 m (low)
volcanic activity relatively low on 8 March, but seismicity increasing; 15 March a faint plume visible on satellite imagery
All ash elevations are in km above sea level (a.s.l.) and times are converted to UTC.
EARTHThe 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. 05/03/17 13:37:3715.14N91.39W191.1 6.2GUATEMALA
05/03/17 06:56:1815.85S172.01W16.4 5.3SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
05/03/16 21:14:4453.29N169.07E24.7 5.0KOMANDORSKIYE OSTROVA, RUSSIA REGION
05/03/16 16:23:025.65S102.69E30.0 5.4SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
05/03/16 13:23:3243.50N146.86E35.6 5.4KURIL ISLANDS
05/03/16 12:27:0456.21S26.68W47.8 5.1SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
05/03/16 11:08:4485.26N91.04E10.0 5.1NORTH OF SEVERNAYA ZEMLYA
05/03/16 09:32:4635.07S179.38E138.7 5.1OFF E. COAST OF N. ISLAND, N.Z.
05/03/16 03:41:2524.31S179.89E507.4 5.0SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
05/03/15 20:07:0024.05S66.60W169.9 5.3JUJUY, ARGENTINA
05/03/15 00:15:2311.05N86.21W55.0 5.8NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA
05/03/14 15:37:018.64S112.73E121.5 5.2JAVA, INDONESIA
05/03/14 13:07:5711.81N143.32E40.0 5.1SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS
05/03/14 12:43:4428.50S65.88W24.2 5.3CATAMARCA, ARGENTINA
05/03/14 09:43:4817.14N73.69E10.0 5.0MAHARASHTRA, INDIA
05/03/14 06:54:0647.74N152.26E129.1 5.0KURIL ISLANDS
05/03/14 05:11:5727.76S73.85E10.0 5.6MID-INDIAN RIDGE
05/03/14 01:56:0139.36N40.85E25.0 5.8EASTERN TURKEY
05/03/13 22:12:465.54N94.56E53.0 5.5NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
05/03/13 20:38:5932.57S71.55W25.7 5.3OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE
05/03/13 15:08:1240.13S173.68E144.6 5.4COOK STRAIT, NEW ZEALAND
05/03/13 03:31:2327.12N61.89E51.4 6.0SOUTHEASTERN IRAN
05/03/13 02:18:4211.62N92.94E58.5 5.1ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
05/03/12 22:43:329.74N91.64E30.0 5.2NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
05/03/12 22:33:145.48N94.68E60.2 5.3NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
05/03/12 13:32:287.18S120.56E502.4 5.1FLORES SEA
05/03/12 07:36:1339.35N40.92E25.0 5.7EASTERN TURKEY
05/03/11 18:47:3643.11N144.65E53.0 5.5HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
05/03/11 12:59:537.42N94.27E30.0 5.4NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
05/03/10 13:37:4912.88N88.53W67.9 5.2OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR
05/03/10 00:28:2685.24N92.36E10.0 5.2NORTH OF SEVERNAYA ZEMLYA
United States And U.S. Territorial Quakes this past week
with quakes possibly felt from nearby countries:
05/03/16 02:26:4540.40N126.57W10.0 3.1OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
05/03/15 12:03:5951.04N178.39E34.0 4.4RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
05/03/15 00:21:0736.92N112.63W20.0 3.5ARIZONA
05/03/14 20:23:0734.42N118.67W14.3 3.6GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CA.
05/03/14 13:07:5711.81N143.32E40.0 5.1SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS
05/03/14 10:35:0363.35N151.22W20.0 3.8CENTRAL ALASKA
05/03/14 05:33:2739.51N111.89W1.6 3.0UTAH
05/03/13 23:43:1533.30N116.85W13.6 3.5SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
05/03/13 22:09:1237.45N118.84W7.1 4.0CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
05/03/13 03:37:4747.25N122.82W24.1 3.3PUGET SOUND REG, WASHINGTON
05/03/12 18:49:1221.95N143.12E241.5 4.0MARIANA ISLANDS REGION
05/03/11 15:28:2550.49N128.18W10.0 4.8VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION
SUN
Sunspot numbers, daily for the past week:
3/9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
77 70 59 67 77 49 58 45
Planetary daily geomagnetic A Index with its consecutive Kp's in UTC
2/09 20 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 4
2/10 13 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1
2/11 6 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1
2/12 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1
2/13 6 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 3
2/14 21 4 4 3 4 5 3 2 2
2/15 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2/16 6 0 0 1 1 3 2 2 2
Solar data from http://www.sec.noaa.gov/
SPECIAL NOTE
"Asia Primed for Next Big Quake"
Thanks to Leslie on Pinpoint (Google):
This New Scientist article is a readable study of how the area of the Christmas 9.3M quake is ready for another big quake, if not so great. Click on
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7157
Comments or questions are welcome.
Donald J. Boon, editor.
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