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Earth and Sun Digest 2003/08/28 MARS OPPOSITION
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Posted by Donald Boon on August 28, 2003 at 14:06:50:
The Day-Date-Moon Ticker*
The Day-Date-Moon Ticker*
M18/GS86, T19LQAg/MC(2), W20/V8, Th21/7.2M,GS53, F22/GS43, Sa23GS44, Su24, M25, ]T26NM, W27, Th28/6.0M,6.2M(Mars Opposition)
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 28, 2003
MARS OPPOSITION
...at a Glance (with time ticking)
(Source data can change without notice or correction.)
Earthquakes of 5.0 to 5.9M thru Wednesday--21; three quakes of 6M or greater: 8/28 6.0M KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA8/28 6.2M SOUTHERN EAST PACIFIC RISE, 8/21 7.2M SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND (reported last week)
California earthquakes in past week--292; one of 4M or greater: 08/26 4.4M OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Volcanic ash over 5 mi (8 km)--Ecuador
Sunspot No. high--146 on 25 August
Smallest to largest daily total area of sunspots--280 on 21 August to 610 on 23 August
(100 equals a Planet Earth area.)
X-Class Solar Flares: none detected; last M-Class flares (5/day) 8 on 11 June (see ticker for fewer MC, if any)
Planetary Geomagnetic Indices: high of 53 on 21 August;
one set of K-Indices of 4 or more (5 or more/24 hours*)--21-25 August
(* The 24 hour period can overlap two days.)
Moon for September per Astronomy Magazine
3 first quarter, 10 full, 16 apogee, 18 last quarter, 25 new, 28 perigee
The moon is at another perigee (228,618 miles near) on 31 August.
August Mars Calendar:
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 nearest the Sun)
A world map of volcanoes from the Smithsonian/USGS, which also indexes the full current reports for the volcanoes is at this URL:
http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/reports/usgs/worldmap.cfm See also SPECIAL NOTE.
Recent Volcanic Eruptions:
DUKONO Halmahera, Indonesia 1.70°N, 127.87°E; summit elev. 1,185 m
on 26 August an ash plume visible on satellite imagery at a height of ~3 km
ETNA Sicily, Italy 37.73°N, 15.00°E; summit elev. 3,315 m
on 11 August a red puff of ash, gas emissions generally decreased
KILAUEA Hawaii, USA 19.43°N, 155.29°W; summit elev. 1,222 m
during 20-25 August surface lava flows visible on the coastal flat and upslope on the Holei Pali, NOTE also earthquake on 8/27 5.0M HAWAII
KLIUCHEVSKOI Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 56.06°N, 160.64°E; summit elev. 4,835 m
during 15-22 August gas-and-steam plumes rose to 5.5 km
PITON DE LA FOURNAISE Réunion Island, Indian Ocean 21.23°S, 55.71°E; summit elev. 2,631 m
on 23 August three fissures active with lava flow for short periods of time
SEMERU Java, Indonesia 8.11°S, 112.92°E; summit elev. 3,676 m
during 11-17 August explosions with ash columns to 4.1 km
SOUFRIÈRE HILLS Montserrat, West Indies 16.72°N, 62.18°W; summit elev. 1,052 m
volcanic activity relatively low during 15-22 August, some very small rockfalls, sulphur-dioxide emissions from 400 to 900 tonnes per day, with the maximum on 18 August.
STROMBOLI Aeolian Islands, Italy 38.79°N, 15.21°E; summit elev. 926 m
Strombolian activity during the first half of August very intense at Crater 1, explosive activity at Crater 3 often accompanied by ash emission
TUNGURAHUA Ecuador 1.47°S, 78.44°W; summit elev. 5,023 m
on 20 August gas-and-ash emissions to a maximum height of 8 km, on 21 August emissions of mostly steam and small amounts of ash to ~6 km, on 23 August plumes to 7.5 km, on 24 August an explosion ejecting blocks ~1 km down the volcano's flanks
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
READ UP for latest report.
03/08/28 13:58:265.02S103.47E33.0 5.0SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
03/08/28 06:38:117.28S126.08E412.0 6.0KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA
03/08/28 05:31:2155.85S146.66E10.0 5.2WEST OF MACQUARIE ISLAND
03/08/28 04:48:2049.76S114.66W10.0 6.2SOUTHERN EAST PACIFIC RISE
03/08/27 21:18:4411.28N57.60E10.0 5.3OWEN FRACTURE ZONE REGION
03/08/27 14:40:4143.69N28.85W10.0 5.0NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
03/08/27 06:24:2219.33N155.21W10.0 5.0HAWAII
03/08/27 02:06:556.58S147.19E85.2 5.1EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG., P.N.G.
03/08/26 21:11:3516.98S70.47W31.2 5.7SOUTHERN PERU
03/08/26 17:34:5732.97S179.22W33.0 5.6SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS
03/08/26 08:20:5339.66S174.01E23 5.0NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
03/08/25 23:25:0318.64N106.69W33.0 5.5OFF COAST OF JALISCO, MEXICO
03/08/25 22:17:168.97S113.07E33.0 5.3JAVA, INDONESIA
03/08/25 06:28:3113.98N91.07W58.9 5.9NEAR COAST OF GUATEMALA
03/08/24 23:49:2240.37S98.32E10.0 5.1SOUTHEAST INDIAN RIDGE
03/08/23 14:11:360.75N125.12E33.0 5.1MOLUCCA SEA
03/08/23 02:46:000.89S133.67E33.0 5.5NEAR NORTH COAST OF IRIAN JAYA
03/08/22 05:29:143.12N77.88W33.0 5.0NEAR WEST COAST OF COLOMBIA
03/08/21 23:31:5468.28N148.13W10.0 5.3NORTHERN ALASKA
03/08/21 19:56:2245.22S167.03E33.0 5.2SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
03/08/21 16:13:402.29N96.55E33.0 5.2SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
03/08/21 14:12:2845.21S167.23E33.0 5.8SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
03/08/21 12:45:4045.18S167.15E33.0 5.7SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
03/08/21 12:29:0045.10S167.25E33.0 5.1SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
03/08/21 12:12:5045.15S167.16E33.0 7.2SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
03/08/21 04:02:0929.09N59.81E20.2 5.9SOUTHEASTERN IRAN
United States Quakes this past week
with quakes that might be felt:
03/08/28 16:48:2938.23N122.24W0.0 2.8NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
03/08/27 19:55:3944.88N73.73W10.0 2.2NEW YORK
03/08/27 19:34:3921.25N146.01E33.0 4.8MARIANA ISLANDS REGION
03/08/27 06:24:2219.33N155.21W10.0 5.0HAWAII
03/08/27 06:02:2234.41N118.65W7.8 3.8GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA
03/08/26 18:24:1840.61N75.11W3.0 3.5NEW JERSEY
03/08/26 18:12:4147.93N120.70W 4.8WASHINGTON
03/08/26 16:11:1541.01N116.57W8.8 3.4NEVADA
03/08/26 02:29:5640.45N124.65W21.3 4.4OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
03/08/26 02:26:5637.08N88.74W5.0 3.2WESTERN KENTUCKY
03/08/25 19:07:4553.24N162.50W33.0 4.3SOUTH OF ALASKA
03/08/25 13:31:2731.80N116.22W2.1 3.2BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
03/08/25 07:31:1034.39N118.65W17.5 3.2GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA
03/08/24 18:47:1463.44N147.59W10.0 2.7CENTRAL ALASKA
03/08/24 18:17:1463.57N147.25W10.0 3.0CENTRAL ALASKA
03/08/24 07:00:1341.08N116.60W11.7 3.1NEVADA
03/08/23 00:33:3668.54N148.11W2.5 4.5NORTHERN ALASKA
03/08/22 10:27:4718.98N67.40W44.3 3.2MONA PASSAGE
03/08/22 03:26:4312.46N144.10E33.0 4.6GUAM REGION
03/08/22 01:43:3244.17N128.80W10.0 3.8OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
03/08/21 23:31:5468.28N148.13W10.0 5.3NORTHERN ALASKA
03/08/21 17:18:3518.97N67.10W40.2 2.5MONA PASSAGE
03/08/21 07:46:5444.09N110.53W0.5 4.6WYOMING
MEDITERRANEAN REGION, Continued
03/08/28 01:16:3039.19N20.65E33.0 4.2GREECE
03/08/23 20:13:3147.55N15.60E10.0 2.4AUSTRIA
03/08/21 05:29:0844.52N4.43E5.0 2.3FRANCE
03/08/21 04:53:0114.64N52.33E10.0 4.9GULF OF ADEN
03/08/21 04:02:0929.09N59.81E20.2 5.9SOUTHEASTERN IRAN
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 (7 with two 7M's)
Yr total 19 110 160 109 76 63 103 109 112 133 (86)
SUN
Sunspot numbers for the past week:
8/20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
62 86 126 125 132 146 124 116
Planetary geomagnetic A Indices for same period
15 53 43 44 24 21 14 13
Data from
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/
SPECIAL NOTE
Archive on Volcanoes from the Smithsonian
Data is listed in this archive by date, volcano name and region at:
http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/reports/usgs/archive.cfm
Donald J. Boon, editor, donaldboon@comcast.net
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