EARTH AND SUN DIGEST 2005/04/07 Second Big Indonesian Quake Aftershocks and Volcanic Eruptions

EARTH AND SUN DIGEST 2005/04/07 Second Big Indonesian Quake Aftershocks and Volcanic Eruptions

Posted by Canie on April 08, 2005 at 04:33:12:

The Past Week Ticker
M28/8.7M,6.0M,6.1M, T29, W30/6.4M,6.2, Th31/6.0M,6.1M, F01, Sa02/6.1M, Su03/6.1M6.3M, M04, T05/GS48, W06, Th07
MTWThFSaSu-days of week; 6M-quake, V8-volcano, MC or XC-solar flare, GS30-geomagnetic storm

Moon Phases and Orbit for April 2005 per Astronomy Magazine in EDT
1 last quarter, 4 perigee, 8 new moon, 16 first quarter, 16 apogee, 24 full moon, 29 perigee (#2)

..SOLAR ECLIPSE 8 April
..LYRID METEOR SHOWER peaks on 22 April.
..LUNAR ECLIPSE 24 April.

..GRAPH of current sunspot cycle see
http://spaceweather.com/swpod2005/30mar05/ssn_predict_l.gif

Check local TV listings for the showing of Supervolcano, a presentation of the eruption possibility at Yellowstone Park.

EARTH AND SUN DIGEST for April 7, 2005
Second Big Indonesian Quake Aftershocks and Volcanic Eruptions
...Week at a Glance (with time ticking)

Counts thru Wednesday
254-- Global Earthquakes of 5.0 to 5.9M (Japan-1, SoPacific-1)
5-- Global quakes of 6M or greater: 4/03 6.3M NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA, 4/03 6.1M NIAS REGION, INDONESIA, 4/02 6.1M SVALBARD REGION, 3/31 6.1M FIJI REGION, 3/31 6.0M FIJI REGION (last two reported previously)
254-- California and Nevada earthquakes in past week
0-- CA/NV earthquakes 4M or greater
Interactive map
Earthquake data .
2--Volcanoes with ash near Jet Stream (at 5 mi/8 km): Northern Mariana Islands; Russia
http://Ash data

56--Sunspot No. high/low: 56 on 4/5, 22 on 4/1
290--Largest/smallest daily area of sunspots: 290 on 4/5, 30 on 3/31
0--X-Class Solar Flares
0--M-Class flares
(from www.sel.noaa.gov/today.html )

48--Planetary Geomagnetic A Index (high)
6--Kp's of 4 (or more) per 24 hours (at least five): 6 from 4/4-5
5--Kp's of 3 per 24 hours this week (high): 5 on 4/6

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
March     0   2   8  13   5   7   8   5   5  10  15  10  18
April     0  12  17   4   9   6   8   3   9   7   8  17  (3)YR total 19 110 160 109  76  63 103 109 112 133 145 145 (64)

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

Northern Ash and Gas Eruptions north of latitude 23°N,
(highest plume)

CHIKURACHKI Kurile Islands, Russia 50.325°N, 155.458°E; summit elev. 1,816 m (low)
ash on the southern part of Paramushir Island on 29 March, ash deposits visible on satellite imagery on 25 and 29 March

KARYMSKY Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 54.05°N, 159.43°E; summit elev. 1,536 m (3 km)
during 25 March to 1 April possible ash-and-gas explosions rose to 3 km

KLIUCHEVSKOI Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 56.06°N, 160.64°E; summit elev. 4,835 m (7.8 km)
during 25 March to 1 April ash-and-gas plumes rising to 7.35-7.8 km

SHIVELUCH Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 56.653°N, 161.360°E; summit elev. 3,283 m (4 km)
lava dome continuing to grow during 25 March to 1 April, gas-and-steam plumes rising to 4 km on several days, between 5-28 March a new lava extrusion adding ~50 m height to the SW part of the lava dome

ST. HELENS Washington, USA 46.20°N, 122.18°W; summit elev. 2,549 m (low)
growth of the new lava dome inside the crater continuing, accompanied by low rates of seismicity, low emissions of steam and volcanic gases, and minor production of ash, a series of large (equal to or greater than M 3) earthquakes during 3-4 April

VILLARRICA central Chile 39.42°S, 71.93°W; summit elev. 2,847 m (low)
during 29 March to 3 April the lava lake inside crater active, with Strombolian explosions occurring, some as explosions observed to hurl volcanic bombs as far as ~300 m

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 (15.2 km)
on 5 April around 1700 an explosive eruption, producing an ash plume to an initial height of ~15.2 km, on 5 April about 1200 increased ash on satellite imagery, and a lower level ash plume at ~4.6 km blowing SW; the plume extending more than 465 km, Earth Probe TOMS on 6 April at 0046 showing a compact sulfur-dioxide cloud drifting E of Anatahan following the eruption, during 31 March to 4 April small explosions every one to several minutes; steam-and-ash plumes drifting ~200 km, and vog (fog composed of volcanic gases) drifting ~400 km at altitudes below ~2.4- 4.6 km

CANLAON Philippines 10.41°N, 123.13°E; summit elev. 2,435 m (3.4 km)
ash emissions beginning on 20 March around 0500, during 24 March to 4 April, sporadic ash emissions to a maximum height of 3.4 km, ash falling 5-6 km SWW

COLIMA Western México 19.514°N, 103.62°W; summit elev. ~3,850 m (6.7 km)
during 30 March to 4 April several explosions, resultant ash plumes rising to a maximum height of ~6.7 km

KILAUEA Hawaii, USA 19.43°N, 155.29°W; summit elev. 1,222 m (0)
lava flowing into the ocean at several points during 1-4 April

TUNGURAHUA Ecuador 1.47°S, 78.44°W; summit elev. 5,023 m (low)
during 30 March to 4 April volcanic activity at relatively low levels at Tungurahua, low-energy gas-and-steam plumes emitted

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.  
05/04/07  05:33:5541.83S83.23W10.0   5.4WEST CHILE RISE
05/04/04  08:16:2220.50S178.37W545.7 5.2FIJI REGION
05/04/03  17:57:1237.48N141.60E37.2  5.3NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
05/04/03  01:41:3213.56N120.79E119.4 5.5MINDORO, PHILIPPINES
05/04/02  12:52:3678.53N6.05E10.0    6.1SVALBARD REGION
05/04/01  07:36:5811.88N86.60W112.3  5.0NEAR THE COAST OF NICARAGUA
05/04/01  07:20:0914.36N92.95W22.7   5.0OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO
05/03/31  21:52:3123.20S63.78W10.0   5.2SALTA, ARGENTINA
05/03/31  16:33:4023.51S64.52W35.0   5.1SALTA, ARGENTINA
05/03/31  05:19:5253.97S7.76E10.0    5.3BOUVET ISLAND REGION
05/03/31  01:46:1718.43S176.00E10.0  6.1FIJI REGION
05/03/31  01:39:0518.57S176.03E10.0  6.0FIJI REGION
Indonesian Quakes, by region with top to north, latest quake on top
Myanmar-India
Simeulue Island
05/04/01  10:37:452.86N96.33E27.1    5.5SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
05/03/31  08:30:272.52N96.17E30.0    5.1SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
North Sumatra
05/04/04  19:37:104.81N94.78E51.3    5.3OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
05/04/03  03:10:552.05N97.95E30.0    6.3NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
05/04/02  15:21:180.37S96.96E24.4    5.3SOUTHWEST OF SUMATRA, INDONESIA
05/03/31  14:27:265.13N94.48E30.0    5.0NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
Nias Island
05/04/07  11:46:060.63N97.39E30.0    5.9NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/04/05  09:37:221.91N96.95E25.3    5.2NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/04/04  21:00:451.89N97.74E30.0    5.1NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/04/04  04:33:501.61N97.90E60.8    5.6NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/04/03  00:59:210.39N98.27E30.0    6.1NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/04/01  20:32:380.40N98.09E30.0    5.6NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/04/01  17:24:401.23N97.19E27.4    5.1NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/31  18:02:330.38N97.70E21.3    5.2NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/31  16:29:561.33N97.22E30.0    5.0NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/31  07:23:531.78N97.05E22.0    5.8NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/31  04:48:081.26N97.17E30.0    5.2NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
South Sumatra
05/04/06  11:20:103.95S102.36E76.8   5.6SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
                 
United States And U.S. Territorial Quakes this past week 
with quakes possibly felt from nearby countries:  
05/04/06  22:48:5263.57N147.43W1.0   4.0CENTRAL ALASKA
05/04/06  22:42:0861.47N146.48W15.0  4.4SOUTHERN ALASKA
05/04/06  17:51:3761.61N146.52W36.4  4.8SOUTHERN ALASKA
05/04/06  14:35:3944.29N115.13W5.0   3.3SOUTHERN IDAHO
05/04/06  08:45:2436.88N104.79W5.0   2.9NEW MEXICO
05/04/05  22:01:0241.72N70.96W9.9    2.3SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
05/04/05  04:16:1546.19N122.19W1.0   3.3MOUNT ST. HELENS AREA, WASHINGTON
05/04/04  05:43:4146.20N122.19W1.0   3.4MT. ST. HELENS AREA, WASH
05/04/03  14:39:1628.39N100.31W5.0   3.5SOUTHERN TEXAS
05/04/02  22:43:4446.15N112.01W15.2  3.4WESTERN MONTANA
05/04/01  19:11:3035.96N120.51W14.0  2.8CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
05/04/01  10:25:5335.85N120.39W6.9   2.9CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
05/04/01  10:14:2837.27N104.77W5.0   2.5COLORADO
05/03/31  19:13:4235.32N118.56W2.7   3.2CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
05/03/31  16:01:5819.57N145.46E126.0 4.6MAUG ISLANDS REG., NORTHERN MARIANA ISL.
05/03/31  04:55:3138.80N122.76W2.7   2.8NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

SUN
Sunspot numbers, daily for the past week:
3/30  31 4/1   2   3   4   5   6       
  11  22  26  30  38  54  56  50    
Planetary daily geomagnetic A Index/with prior consecutive 3 hr Kp's 
3/30     9/  2 3 4 2 1 2 1 1
5/31     9/  1 3 3 2 1 2 3 2
4/01     8/  1 3 4 2 2 2 1 1
4/02     4/  1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1
4/03     6/  1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2
4/04    17/  1 2 2 2 2 4 4 5
4/05    48/  7 7 5 3 3 3 3 4
4/06    11/  3 2 2 3 2 3 3 3

Solar data from http://www.sec.noaa.gov/

SPECIAL NOTE

The change in format is to emphasize numbers for use in comparisons with future and previous weeks. This is especially critical as Sunspot Minimum approaches, with previous rises in the number of big earthquakes.

Comments or questions are welcome.

Donald