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Earth and Sun Digest 2003/09/11 EL NINO AGAIN?
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Posted by Donald Boon on September 11, 2003 at 19:20:06:
The Day-Date-Moon Ticker*
The Day-Date-Moon Ticker*
M01, T02/6.4M, W03FQ, Th04, F05, Sa06/6.1M, Su07/6.3M, M08, T09, W10FM/V8, Th11
Key: Moon: FM-full moon, LQ-last quarter, NM-new moon, or FQ-first quarter; le-lunar eclipse or se-solar eclipse; Pg-perigee or Ag-apogee); Solar flares=XC-X--Class or MC-M--Class, Geomagnetic Storm(with magnitude)--GS30; Volcanic Eruption(height in kilimoeters)--V8; Earthquakes(magnitude given)--6M
Earth and Sun Digest for September 11, 2003
...at a Glance (with time ticking)
(Source data can change without notice or correction.)
Earthquakes of 5.0 to 5.9M thru Wednesday--14; two quakes of 6M or greater: 9/07 6.3M SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS, 9/06 6.1M CENTRAL EAST PACIFIC RISE
California earthquakes in past week--234; two of 4M or greater: 9/10 4.3M OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, 9/05 4.0M SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA
Volcanic ash over 5 mi (8 km)--Ecuador
Sunspot No. high--79 on 4 September
Smallest to largest daily total area of sunspots--60 on 9 September from 290 on 5 and 6 September
(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 19 on 4, 9 and 10 September;
last set of K-Indices of 4 or more (5 or more/24 hours*) on 9 and 10 September
Moon for September per Astronomy Magazine
3 first quarter, 10 full, 16 apogee, 18 last quarter, 25 new, 28 perigee
The moon is at apogee (251,477 miles far) on 16 September.
The autumnal equinox is Sept. 23 at 6:47 AM EDT.
Mars continues its apparent retrograde motion, but becomes stationary on Sept. 29 at 10 AM EDT.
EL NINO again? See SPECIAL NOTE.
Recent Volcanic Eruptions:
ARENAL Costa Rica 10.46°N, 84.70°W; summit elev. 1,657 m
a sequence of pyroclastic flows on 5 September with eight signals within 2 hours, lava flows and ash
COLIMA western México 19.514°N,103.62°W; summit elev. ~3,850 m
on 6 September an ash cloud to ~6.7 km, another ash emission on 8 September
KARYMSKY Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 54.05°N, 159.43°E; summit elev. 1,536 m
on 28 and 29 August ash explosions to ~4.7 km
KILAUEA Hawaii, USA 19.43°N, 155.29°W; summit elev. 1,222 m
during 4-9 September, surface lava flows sometimes visible on the coastal flat and in areas upslope
KLIUCHEVSKOI Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 56.06°N, 160.64°E; summit elev. 4,835 m
on 29 August gas-and-steam plumes with minor amounts of ash to 5.8 km
SOPUTAN Sulawesi, Indonesia 1.11°N, 124.73°E; summit elev. 1,784 m
on 4 September a cloud to ~3 km
SOUFRIÈRE HILLS Montserrat, West Indies 16.72°N, 62.18°W; summit elev. 1,052 m
activity at low levels during 29 August to 5 September, during the later part of the week gas emission rates not measured because plume blown out of reach of the spectrometer in unusual wind directions caused by Hurricane Fabian
TUNGURAHUA Ecuador 1.47°S, 78.44°W; summit elev. 5,023 m
ash emissions during 3-8 September with ash to 8 km on 10 September
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.
03/09/10 22:55:0522.66N121.56E111.3 5.0TAIWAN REGION
03/09/10 17:01:0950.10S114.34E10.0 5.5WESTERN INDIAN-ANTARCTIC RIDGE
03/09/10 16:30:0350.09S114.13E10.0 5.3WESTERN INDIAN-ANTARCTIC RIDGE
03/09/10 08:26:582.10N96.79E33.0 5.7SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
03/09/08 06:26:328.39S110.29E46.9 5.9JAVA, INDONESIA
03/09/07 13:42:5515.67S167.09E33.0 5.1VANUATU ISLANDS
03/09/07 13:19:2022.49S172.14E33.0 6.3SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
03/09/07 13:16:0222.56S172.12E33.0 5.9SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
03/09/07 11:16:585.64S102.12E33.0 5.4SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
03/09/07 10:42:2225.54N124.70E123.9 5.1NORTHEAST OF TAIWAN
03/09/06 15:46:5957.32S25.70W33.0 5.7SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
03/09/06 02:08:134.68S106.02W10.0 6.1CENTRAL EAST PACIFIC RISE
03/09/05 07:46:4854.78S1.15E10.0 5.6BOUVET ISLAND REGION
03/09/05 01:23:035.36N95.91E134.4 5.9NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
03/09/04 23:40:117.70N82.20W10.0 5.7SOUTH OF PANAMA
03/09/04 08:40:4445.26S166.91E24.0 5.8OFF WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, N.Z.
United States Quakes this past week
with quakes that might be felt:
03/09/11 17:03:4032.53N115.28W28.3 3.6BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
03/09/11 05:23:3656.38N157.28W55.0 3.9ALASKA PENINSULA
03/09/10 21:19:2440.49N125.66W2.5 4.3OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
03/09/10 15:27:4033.32N116.36W14.6 3.1SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
03/09/10 10:20:4044.09N110.56W3.7 3.3WYOMING
03/09/10 08:25:4363.53N147.15W5.0 3.8CENTRAL ALASKA
03/09/10 07:34:2863.52N147.13W9.0 4.1CENTRAL ALASKA
03/09/08 11:02:4937.37N104.68W5.0 3.0COLORADO
03/09/07 15:06:4658.10N154.57W81.0 4.2ALASKA PENINSULA
03/09/06 17:03:4135.64N117.57W2.9 2.9SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
03/09/06 16:50:0835.64N117.56W5.6 2.8SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
03/09/06 09:43:2762.97N150.77W107.7 4.3CENTRAL ALASKA
03/09/05 02:43:4637.84N122.22W12.3 3.0SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA
03/09/05 01:39:5437.85N122.22W12.4 4.0SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA
03/09/04 21:16:2058.25N143.13W3.0 3.9GULF OF ALASKA
03/09/04 08:56:1263.73N149.17W33.0 3.0CENTRAL ALASKA
MEDITERRANEAN REGION, Continued
03/09/05 02:26:1237.63N22.00E4.0 3.1SOUTHERN GREECE
03/09/04 14:10:4636.59N26.72E36.0 3.6DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE
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 8 with two 7M's
September 4 8 8 9 7 4 12 7 10 13 (3)
Yr total 19 110 160 109 76 63 103 109 112 133 (89)
SUN
Sunspot numbers for the past week:
9/3 4 5 6 7 8 9 19
74 79 57 60 54 58 43 42
Planetary geomagnetic A Indices for same period
17 19 16 12 10 9 19 19
Data from
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/
SPECIAL NOTE
Tungurahua Triggering El Nino Again?
The recent return of eruptions of Mount Tungurahua in Ecuador is already triggering a cooling of the eastern Pacific Ocean, as seen in the observed temperature map at
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/
There is much to explore in adjoining sites, including weather projections by month using maps.
Comments and questions are always welcome.
Donald J. Boon, editor, donaldboon@comcast.net
Follow Ups:
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