The Day-Date-Moon Ticker*
M28, T29NM/GS36,MC, W30/MC, Th31/GS32, F01/GS37, Sa02/MC, Su03, M04/7.5M, T05/MC, W06/GS43, Th07

Key: Moon(FM, LQ, NM, or FQ; le or se; Pg or Ag); Solar flares=XC or MC, Geomagnetic Storm=GS30; Volcanic Eruption=V8; Earthquakes=6M

Earth and Sun Digest for August 7, 2003
NEW VOLCANO IN INDIAN OCEAN
...at a Glance (with time ticking)
(Source data can change without notice or correction.)

Earthquakes of 5.0 to 5.9M thru Wednesday--19; one quake of 6M or greater:
8/04 7.5M SCOTIA SEA
California earthquakes in past week--216; one quake of 4M or greater:
8/03 4.2M NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Volcanic ash over 5 mi (8 km)--none
Sunspot No. high--155 on 6 August
Smallest to largest daily total area of sunspots--430 on 31 July to 1320 on 4 August
(100 equals a Planet Earth area.)
X-Class Solar Flares: none; last M-Class flares (5/day) 8 on 11 June (see ticker for fewer MC)
Planetary Geomagnetic Indices: high of 43 on 6 August;
one set of K-Indices of 4 or more (5 or more/24 hours*)--29-31 July, 1-2,6 August
(* The 24 hour period can overlap two days.)

Moon for August per Astronomy Magazine
5 first quarter, 6 perigee, 12 full, 19 last quarter, 19 apogee, 27 new, 31 another perigee
The moon is at apogee (251,097 miles far)on 19 August.

The major Perseid Meteor Shower peaks 13 August, obscured by the Full Moon.

New Volcano in Indian Ocean: See SPECIAL NOTE.

August Mars Events:
30 July to 29 September--Retrograde motion of Mars in the Constellation Aquarius
27 August--Closest to Earth (34.6 millions miles near), New Moon
28 August--Opposition (alignment of Sun, Earth, Mars)
30 August--Perihelion (128.4 million miles near the Sun)

Mars rises in the east in the late evening after 1 August, advancing to early evening by 31 August. It is the brightest object in the sky after the Sun and the Moon.

Recent Volcanic Eruptions:

GAMALAMA Halmahera, Indonesia 0.80°N, 127.325°E; summit elev. 1,715 m
an explosion on 31 July with ash column to 2.7 km, another explosion to 3.2 km, the next large explosion with an ash column to 3.7 km, low-level through 1 August

COLIMA western México 19.514°N,103.62°W; summit elev. ~3,850 m
an emission on 3 August with plume to ~7.6 km, on 4 August a small ash
emission to ~ 6 km

DUKONO Halmahera, Indonesia 1.70°N, 127.87°E; summit elev. 1,185 m
during 9-14 July ash plumes to 2 km

ETNA Sicily, Italy 37.73°N, 15.00°E; summit elev. 3,315 m
during the end of July vigorous degassing

KILAUEA Hawaii, USA 19.43°N, 155.29°W; summit elev. 1,222 m
during 30 July- 5 August surface lava flows were visible on the coastal flat and upslope on the Pulama pali and around 3 August at the Holei pali, surface lava to within 1.1 km of the sea

KLIUCHEVSKOI Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 56.06°N, 160.64°E; summit elev. 4,835 m
during 24 July to 1 August gas-and-steam plumes to a maximum height of ~5.5 km

POPOCATÉPETL México 19.02°N, 98.62°W; summit elev. 5,426 m
during 30 July-5 August moderate emissions of mainly gas, steam, and sometimes ash

SEMERU Java, Indonesia 8.11°N, 112.92°E; summit elev. 3,676 m
an ash plume to ~4.5 km on 31 July at 1120

SOPUTAN Sulawesi, Indonesia 1.11°N, 124.73°E; summit elev. 1,784 m
during 21-25 July ash explosions sporadically

SOUFRIÈRE HILLS Montserrat, West Indies 16.72°N, 62.18°W; summit elev. 1,052 m
as of 1 August low-level ash clouds

Ash data is summarized from the weekly GVN/USGS report at
http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/
All ash elevations are in km above sea level (a.s.l.).

EARTH:

FIVE Index of Global earthquakes of 5.0 magnitude or greater
(Reference: http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/ )
(6.0 or greater are highlighted in red.)
Regions highlighted are
Japan and South Pacific.
Note the PERIGEE of the moon.

DATE-(UTC)-TIME LAT LON DEP MAG Q COMMENTS
yy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss deg. deg. km

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03/08/06 17:01:5460.36S45.02W10.0 5.1SCOTIA SEA

03/08/06 16:07:3630.70S178.13W100.0 5.1KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND

03/08/06 14:57:5115.50S173.28W33.0 5.1TONGA

03/08/06 12:15:2343.45N147.21E57.8 5.2KURIL ISLANDS

03/08/05 11:08:0223.68N70.53E10.0 5.0SOUTHERN INDIA

03/08/05 04:45:3820.96S178.96W609.8 5.1FIJI REGION

03/08/04 20:54:316.02N126.21E33.0 5.2MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES

03/08/04 18:18:2960.59S43.16W10.0 5.3SCOTIA SEA

03/08/04 12:53:5060.62S42.89W10.0 5.4SCOTIA SEA

03/08/04 06:38:2160.63S42.97W10.0 5.0SCOTIA SEA

03/08/04 06:34:1160.60S44.54W10.0 5.2SCOTIA SEA

03/08/04 05:36:4860.62S43.01W10.0 5.0SCOTIA SEA

03/08/04 05:16:1060.56S43.24W10.0 5.0SCOTIA SEA

03/08/04 04:37:1960.55S43.49W10.0 7.5SCOTIA SEA

03/08/04 03:28:1929.01N59.78E33.0 5.4SOUTHEASTERN IRAN

03/08/03 04:10:5156.30N153.58W33.0 5.3KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA

03/08/02 17:30:2935.04N35.64W10.0 5.1NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE

03/08/01 13:46:4832.75N141.15E79.5 5.1IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION

03/07/31 09:47:205.17N127.00E33.0 5.2PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION

03/07/31 07:14:4310.14S74.20W130.5 5.1CENTRAL PERU

United States Quakes this past week

with quakes that might be felt:

03/08/06 03:59:3443.14N110.74W5.0 2.8WYOMING

03/08/05 19:11:4843.68N127.32W10.0 3.8OFF COAST OF OREGON

03/08/05 17:40:5164.65N147.00W10.0 2.6CENTRAL ALASKA

03/08/05 15:44:1937.33N121.70W7.4 2.8NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

03/08/05 11:42:4446.96N114.26W15.1 3.0WESTERN MONTANA

03/08/05 08:04:5162.58N150.62W87.0 3.7CENTRAL ALASKA

03/08/03 12:00:5238.80N122.77W2.0 4.2NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

03/08/03 05:16:3537.66N113.28W4.0 2.9UTAH

03/08/03 04:10:5156.30N153.58W33.0 5.3KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA

03/08/01 19:06:4933.31N115.73W7.3 3.0SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

03/08/01 18:37:1457.11N157.00W77.6 4.1ALASKA PENINSULA

03/08/01 11:27:0031.72N116.00W6.0 2.9BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

03/07/31 08:54:3737.54N118.86W8.8 2.9CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

Late Listings

03/07/31 03:37:4240.42N125.08W2.5 2.5OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

03/07/31 02:40:1644.54N129.78W10.0 3.8OFF THE COAST OF OREGON

MEDITERRANEAN REGION, Continued

03/08/05 20:03:4128.42N54.08E33.0 4.5SOUTHERN IRAN

03/08/04 08:17:3751.42N15.82E5.0 4.1POLAND

03/08/04 03:28:1929.01N59.78E33.0 5.4SOUTHEASTERN IRAN

03/08/02 10:18:3743.03N17.85E10.0 4.7BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

03/07/31 22:28:3336.58N26.43E5.0 3.4DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

03/07/30 23:32:0238.35N22.26E28.0 3.0GREECE

03/07/30 22:53:2248.33N6.68E5.0 1.9FRANCE

03/07/30 21:51:2648.33N6.67E5.0 2.0FRANCE

03/07/30 21:36:4848.32N6.67E5.0 2.1FRANCE

03/07/30 21:35:0939.98N23.27E21.0 3.0AEGEAN SEA

03/07/30 21:09:3234.43N25.36E5.0 3.7CRETE, GREECE

03/07/30 20:54:2339.97N23.30E27.0 3.6AEGEAN SEA

03/07/30 19:10:0635.90N29.33E34.0 3.9EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA

03/07/30 13:51:5537.12N23.21E7 3.0SOUTHERN GREECE

03/07/30 12:48:5549.14N6.83E1.0 2.7GERMANY

03/07/30 12:48:1335.96N26.94E33.0 3.4CRETE, GREECE

03/07/30 12:33:1535.97N26.95E31.0 3.5CRETE, GREECE

03/07/30 12:31:2238.09N22.30E5.0 3.3GREECE

03/07/30 11:03:1834.62N26.04E5.0 3.6CRETE, GREECE

03/07/30 10:16:2539.39N20.47E5.0 3.3GREECE

03/07/30 09:24:3040.08N21.89E1 3.0GREECE

03/07/30 09:15:5844.46N6.76E5.0 2.0FRANCE

03/07/30 08:57:0838.61N23.40E22.0 3.5GREECE

03/07/30 03:32:0938.64N23.55E25.0 3.9GREECE

03/07/29 23:34:0032.55N47.72E33.0 4.3IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION

Monthly Summary 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

April 0 12 17 4 9 6 8 3 9 7 8

May 3 15 17 8 9 6 9 5 8 7 16 with two 7M's

June 1 11 12 12 3 3 3 22 10 14 12 with one 7M

July 2 10 12 7 5 9 8 9 10 5 15 with one 7M

August 2 14 16 6 7 8 9 12 8 12 (1 with one 7M)

Yr total 19 110 160 109 76 63 103 109 112 133 (80)

SUN

Sunspot numbers for the past week:

7/30 31 8/1 2 3 4 5 6

63 65 85 95 144 138 136 155

Planetary geomagnetic A Indices for same period

29 32 37 21 15 14 9 43

Data from http://www.sec.noaa.gov/

SPECIAL NOTE

New Volcano in Indian Ocean

(Article thanks to David Thomson on Pinpoint.)
An underwater research team has discovered an unknown underwater volcano (seamount) on the Carlsberg Ridge in the western Indian Ocean. This area was the site of a recent 7.6M earthquake, and it continues to have aftershocks at the 5M level. See
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20030806-094825-4975r.htm

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