The Past Week Ticker
M23, T24/V9.6, W25, Th26/V9.1, F27/MC, Sa28, Su29, M30/GS67,V8.5, T31, W01/MC, Th02/6.1M
MTWThFSaSu-days of week; 6M-quake, V8-volcano, MC or XC-solar flare, GS30-geomagnetic storm

Moon Phases and Orbit for June 2005 per Astronomy Magazine in EDT
6 new moon, 11 apogee, 14 first quarter, 22 full moon, 23 perigee, 28 last quarter

EARTH AND SUN DIGEST for June 2, 2005
Colima Erupts to 20 Year High
...Week at a Glance (with time ticking)

Note: FIVE 5M quake late listings bring last week's total to 26, the usual rate recently. Two were near Northern Sumatra

Counts thru Wednesday
20-- Global Earthquakes of 5.0 to 5.9M (Japan-3, SoPacific-3)
1-- Global quakes of 6M or greater: 6/02 6.1M SALTA, ARGENTINA
317-- California and Nevada earthquakes in past week
0/1-- CA/NV or State earthquakes 4M or greater: NO CA/NV; 6/02 4.0M TENNESSEE
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Earthquake data
1--Volcano with ash near Jet Stream (8+ km): Mexico
http://Ash data

95/51--Sunspot No. high/low: 95 on 6/1 from 51 on 5/27
500/190--Largest/smallest daily area of sunspots: 500 on 6/1 from 190 on 5/26
none--X-Class Solar Flares
two--M-Class Solar Flares: 1 each on 5/27 and 6/1
(from www.sel.noaa.gov/today.html )
0--day Solar proton wind threshold of log10-+1 exceeded: none
five--days Solar electron wind threshold of log10-+2 exceeded: 5/28,30-6/2 (when proton event less than threshold)
(from http://www.sel.noaa.gov/weekly/ derivatives and above)
67--Planetary Geomagnetic A Index (high): 67 on 5/30
one days--Kp's of 4 (or more) per 24 hours (at least five): 5/30, 5/30-6/1
four days--Kp's of 3 per 24 hours this week (high): four on 5/29, 5/29-30, 5/31, 5/31-6/1

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  16
May       3  15  17   8   9   6   9   5   8   7  16   7  11
June      1  11  12  12   3   3   3  22  10  14  12  10  (1)
YR total 19 110 160 109  76  63 103 109 112 133 145 145 (89)

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

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

COLIMA western México 19.514°N,103.62°W; summit elev. ~3,850 m (8.5 km)
the largest eruption in the past 20 years occurring on 30 May at 0826, pyroclastic flows traveling W, an ash cloud at a height of ~8.5 km extending SE, and a lower portion of the cloud at ~5.4 km extending NE, one hour and 48 minutes after the eruption the higher cloud ~100 km SE, and the lower portion of the cloud ~80 km NE, ashfall causing the closure of an airport in the city of Colima, ~30 km away

KARYMSKY Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 54.05°N, 159.43°E; summit elev. 1,536 m (3.5 km)
volcanic activity above background levels during 20-27 May, ash-and-gas explosions to 3.5 km

SHIVELUCH Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 56.653°N, 161.360°E; summit elev. 3,283 m (3.3 km)
during 20-27 May lava dome growing, no explosive event, gas-and-steam plumes rising as high to 3.3 km

ST. HELENS Washington, USA 46.20°N, 122.18°W; summit elev. 2,549 m (low)
during 25-31 May the new lava dome growing, accompanied by minor production of ash, lava extrusion at the N end, high spines crumbling, other parts of the lava dome moving about 0.3 m per day or stagnant

SUWANOSE-JIMA Ryukyu Islands, Japan 29.53°N, 129.72°E; summit elev. 799 m (2.1 km)
several explosions during 26-31 May, the highest plume to ~2.1 km

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

BARREN ISLAND Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean, India 12.29°N, 93.88°E (3 km)
on 28 May a flank eruption on the NW side of the central cone, black lava not reaching the sea, a plume below 3 km drifting N on 29 May at 0800, the only historically active volcano along the N-S volcanic arc between Sumatra and Myanmar

CANLAON Philippines 10.41°N, 123.13°E; summit elev. 2,435 m (3.4 km)
steam during 25-26 May rising to a maximum height of 3.4 km, the sulfur-dioxide flux at ~1,400 metric tons on 26 May, above the usual flux of 500 metric tons per day

DUKONO Halmahera, Indonesia 1.70°N, 127.87°E; summit elev. 1,185 m (low)
during 29-31 May small low-level ash plumes visible on satellite imagery, heights not known

FERNANDINA Galápagos Islands, Ecuador 0.37°S, 91.55°W; summit elev. 1,476 m (low)
a weak hotspot visible on 30 May at 0145 and a very short narrow plume of ash and gas visible around 0315

KARANGETANG [Api Siau] Siau Island, Indonesia 2.47°N, 125.29°E; summit elev. 1,784 m (3 km)
a pilot observation of ash at a height below 3 km drifting E on 30 May

KILAUEA Hawaii, USA 19.43°N, 155.29°W; summit elev. 1,222 m (0)
on 31 May three ocean entries and surface lava flows down the Pulama pali fault scarp

SEMERU Java, Indonesia 8.11°S, 112.92°E; summit elev. 3,676 m (low)
a small plume visible on 25 May

SOUFRIÈRE HILLS Montserrat, West Indies 16.72°N, 62.18°W; summit elev. 1,052 m (low)
during 20-27 May (mostly during 20-21 May) steam venting on the NW side of the crater, a sulfur-dioxide flux of 880 metric tons on 26 May, above the long-term average of 500 metric tons per day

All ash elevations are in km above sea level (a.s.l.) and times are converted to UTC. For more from USGS on volcanoes, see
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volc/text.html#types . Note that eruptions are of "volcanic cinders (red or black), volcanic ash (commonly tan or gray), and volcanic dust".

EARTH

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.  
Sans Sumatra, Today and Late listings: 5M quakes -  15

05/06/02  10:55:5824.20S66.86W164.0  6.1SALTA, ARGENTINA
05/06/02  02:11:1420.23S178.86E20.3  5.6SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
05/06/01  21:55:0417.05N46.47W10.0   5.2NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
05/06/01  17:11:1932.85S179.17W10.0  5.3SOUTH OF KERMADEC ISLANDS
05/06/01  16:20:0524.68N122.05E63.4  5.4TAIWAN REGION
05/06/01  09:41:3815.64S167.24E24.0  5.0VANUATU
05/05/31  09:06:5462.97S155.52E10.0  5.7BALLENY ISLANDS REGION
05/05/31  02:04:1531.37N131.14E35.0  5.7KYUSHU, JAPAN
05/05/30  11:18:1131.93N140.86E63.3  5.2IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
05/05/30  11:13:5514.07N91.32W61.7   5.1GUATEMALA
05/05/30  10:04:3354.02S133.60W10.0  5.0PACIFIC-ANTARCTIC RIDGE
05/05/29  21:44:3730.21S178.18W103.4 5.9KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
05/05/29  17:52:173.21S80.76W33.5    5.0PERU-ECUADOR BORDER REGION
05/05/29  03:32:3116.24N144.93E10.0  5.5ANATAHAN REG, N. MARIANA ISLANDS
05/05/27  08:07:1838.62N140.35E110.3 5.0EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
05/05/26  23:29:2959.79S27.70W139.6  5.2SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
05/05/26  22:34:3213.72S66.07E10.0   5.0MID-INDIAN RIDGE
Late listings:
05/05/25  22:58:3314.69N123.91E30.9  5.0LUZON, PHILIPPINES
05/05/25  18:47:331.37N97.13E22.3    5.1NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/05/24  09:37:572.68N94.53E30.0    5.2OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
05/05/24  04:51:4518.45S177.82W559.4 5.0FIJI REGION
05/05/24  00:11:376.09S149.08E62.3   5.0NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Indonesian Quakes, by region with top to north, latest quake on top
India		 5M quake  -  1
05/06/01  20:06:42 28.87N 94.60E 37.2   5.9ARUNACHAL PRADESH, INDIA
North Sumatra    5M quakes -  3            
05/05/31  07:28:04 5.45N 94.64E 53.2    5.1NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
05/05/31  02:29:31 5.30N 94.45E 30.0    5.4NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
05/05/26  10:08:27 5.68N 93.23E 30.0    5.5OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
South Sumatra    5M quakes -  1
05/05/29  04:55:23 4.72S 103.11E 73.7   5.3SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

United States And U.S. Territorial Quakes this past week 
with quakes possibly felt from nearby countries:  
05/06/02  11:35:1136.15N89.47W14.9   4.0TENNESSEE
05/06/01  16:34:3134.34N116.46W3.7   2.9SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
05/05/31  20:41:2233.99N118.71W13.3  2.9SANTA MONICA BAY, CALIFORNIA
05/05/31  13:49:0444.97N74.07W18.0   2.9NEW YORK
05/05/30  01:49:2138.89N107.46W1.0   3.3COLORADO
05/05/29  18:30:4532.56N117.49W24.8  3.9CHANNEL ISL REG., CALIFORNIA
05/05/29  08:51:5251.27N179.61E52.1  4.5RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
05/05/29  08:48:0851.11N179.52E50.2  4.6RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
05/05/29  08:40:4951.33N179.52E52.1  4.8RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
05/05/29  08:34:0851.03N179.28E37.0  4.3RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
05/05/29  03:32:3116.24N144.93E10.0  5.5ANATAHAN REG, N. MARIANA ISLANDS
05/05/26  01:20:3043.52N126.97W10.0  3.4OFF COAST OF OREGON

SUN
Sunspot numbers, daily for the past week:
5/25  26  27  28  29  30  31 6/1         
  45  72  51  71  55  76  79  95   
Planetary daily geomagnetic A Index/ 3 hrly Kp's 
5/25     6/  2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1
5/26     4/  1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
5/27     4/  1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
5/28    13/  1 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
5/29    22/  3 4 3 3 2 3 3 6
5/30    67/  4 3 6 7 6 7 5 4
5/31    17/  4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
6/01     8/  3 3 1 2 1 2 2 1

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