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Posted by Donald Boon on September 18, 2003 at 12:24:49:
The Day-Date-Moon Ticker*
The Day-Date-Moon Ticker*
M08, T09, W10FM/V8, Th11/6.0M, F12/6.0M, Sa13, Su14, M15, T16Ag/MC,GS37, W17/6.1M,GS61, Th18LQ
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 18, 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; three quakes of 6M or greater: 9/17 6.1N CHILE-BOLIVIA BORDER REGION, 9/12 6.0M NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G., 9/11 6.0M SOLOMON ISLANDS
California earthquakes in past week--242; none of 4M or greater
Volcanic ash over 5 mi (8 km)--none, but one ash emission in Indonesia to 7.6 km
Sunspot No. high--89 on 16 September
Smallest to largest daily total area of sunspots--160 on 16 September to 350 on 17 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 61 on 17 September;
one set of K-Indices of 4 or more (5 or more/24 hours*) on 16, 17 and 18 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 perigee ( miles near) on 28 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, then resumes normal motion.
When is an X-Class solar flare not an X-Class solar flare? See SPECIAL NOTE.
Note the seismic activity in the eastern Mediterranean.
Recent Volcanic Eruptions:
ANATAHAN Mariana Islands, central Pacific Ocean 16.35°N, 145.67°E; summit elev. 788 m
mud pots, mini-geysers, and steam jetting from the crater walls at low levels through 16 September
DUKONO Halmahera, Indonesia 1.70°N, 127.87°E; summit elev. 1,185 m
ash plumes visible on satellite imagery on 11 and 16 September
ETNA Sicily, Italy 37.73°N, 15.00°E; summit elev. 3,315 m
volcanic activity at low levels at Etna's summit craters with abundant SO2 and steam emissions
KILAUEA Hawaii, USA 19.43°N, 155.29°W; summit elev. 1,222 m
during 10-16 September surface lava flows sometimes visible on Kilauea's coastal flat and upslope areas
KLIUCHEVSKOI Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 56.06°N, 160.64°E; summit elev. 4,835 m
during 5-12 September ash-and-gas, and gas-and-steam plumes, the highest rising ash-and-gas plume to ~6.3 km
LOKON-EMPUNG northern Sulawesi, Indonesia 1.36°N, 124.79°E; summit elev. 1,580 m
on 12 September an ash plume to a height of ~7.6 km
SOUFRIÈRE HILLS Montserrat, West Indies 16.72°N, 62.18°W; summit elev. 1,052 m
volcanic activity at low levels during 5-12 September, several ash-venting episodes; sulfur-dioxide emission rates relatively low
TUNGURAHUA Ecuador 1.47°S, 78.44°W; summit elev. 5,023 m
moderate ash emissions during 10-15 September, on 15 September two
gas-and-ash plumes to a maximum height of 7 km
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.
DATE-(UTC)-TIME LAT LON DEP MAG Q COMMENTS
yy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss deg. deg. km
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2003/09/18 13:18:104.79S103.09E33.0 5.1SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA 2003/09/17 23:56:225.67S103.47E33.0 5.1SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA 2003/09/17 21:34:4621.42S68.17W126.2 6.1CHILE-BOLIVIA BORDER REGION
2003/09/17 01:27:144.46S102.79E33.0 5.3SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA 2003/09/16 23:07:2515.53S172.96W33.0 5.2SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
2003/09/16 20:03:209.97N84.37W100.0 5.0COSTA RICA 2003/09/16 16:41:097.95S111.64E33.0 5.0JAVA, INDONESIA 2003/09/16 11:24:5256.05N111.34E10.0 5.6LAKE BAYKAL REGION, RUSSIA 2003/09/15 13:37:155.86S148.01E82.4 5.1NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2003/09/15 12:14:322.64N96.00E33.0 5.0SIMEULUE, INDONESIA 2003/09/14 21:42:5044.24N11.34E10.0 5.2NORTHERN ITALY 2003/09/14 18:45:5018.63N121.01E33.0 5.6LUZON, PHILIPPINES 2003/09/12 20:04:0019.93S68.77W13 5.2CHILE-BOLIVIA BORDER REGION 03/09/12 15:40:4436.12S53.52E10.0 5.3SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN 03/09/12 09:03:060.08S123.00E94.7 5.4SULAWESI, INDONESIA 03/09/12 08:17:379.03S108.73W10.0 5.5CENTRAL EAST PACIFIC RISE 03/09/12 06:55:555.26S151.44E51.5 6.0NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.
03/09/11 21:58:258.21S156.04E10.0 6.0SOLOMON ISLANDS
United States Quakes this past week
with quakes that might be felt:
03/09/17 18:01:3635.94N114.70W3.7 2.7ARIZONA
03/09/16 23:07:2515.53S172.96W33.0 5.2SAMOA ISLANDS REGION 03/09/16 07:16:2861.64N150.07W33.0 3.3SOUTHERN ALASKA 03/09/16 03:32:3452.19N178.32E155.8 4.4RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 03/09/16 02:22:4536.10N89.76W6.5 2.7SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI 03/09/15 07:04:2214.40N144.38E90.6 4.4ROTA REGION, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 03/09/15 00:20:4833.18N115.61W1.3 3.0SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 03/09/14 20:59:4751.55N175.97W33.0 4.6ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS. 03/09/14 15:23:2263.54N147.36W10.0 2.9CENTRAL ALASKA 03/09/14 02:32:3033.76N116.03W5.6 3.0SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 03/09/13 15:22:4136.85N104.91W5.0 3.8NEW MEXICO 03/09/13 03:56:0060.18N153.02W127.0 4.9SOUTHERN ALASKA 03/09/13 00:59:2634.35N118.75W16.6 3.4GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA 03/09/12 19:03:0844.10N110.57W4.7 2.4WYOMING 03/09/12 18:52:2944.09N110.56W4.2 2.5WYOMING 03/09/11 23:21:0021.05N144.68E92.6 4.9MARIANA ISLANDS REGION 03/09/11 17:03:4032.53N115.28W28.3 3.6BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO 03/09/11 05:23:3656.38N157.28W55.0 4.0ALASKA PENINSULA 03/09/11 03:51:4262.96N151.07W15 3.7CENTRAL ALASKA
MEDITERRANEAN REGION, Continued
03/09/18 07:03:4635.93N28.04E33.0 4.4EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN 03/09/15 20:13:1234.90N26.23E10.0 CRETE, GREECE 03/09/14 21:42:5044.24N11.34E10.0 5.2NORTHERN ITALY 03/09/13 13:46:1436.76N26.91E149.0 4.9DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE 03/09/11 19:31:2728.41N54.03E33.0 4.6SOUTHERN IRAN 03/09/09 09:36:4438.34N21.87E7.0 3.5GREECE 03/09/07 11:50:0344.45N6.77E12.5 2.3FRANCE 03/09/07 06:45:1944.45N6.77E14.3 2.1FRANCE 03/09/05 02:26:1237.63N22.00E4.0 3.1SOUTHERN 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 (6)
Yr total 19 110 160 109 76 63 103 109 112 133 (92)
SUN
Sunspot numbers for the past week: 9/10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 42 55 58 57 58 68 89 83 Planetary geomagnetic A Indices for same period 19 15 11 11 7 6 37 61
Data from
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/
SPECIAL NOTE
X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE OR MAGNETAR?
Recent events similar to those caused by X-Class Solar Flares have been shown to be caused by distant magnetars. Check out this well illustrated article from NASA:
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/12sep_magnetars.htm
Comments and questions are always welcome.
Donald J. Boon, editor, donaldboon@comcast.net
Follow Ups:
● Oops! Earth and Sun Digest 2003/09/18 Omission - Donald Boon 10:36:41 - 9/19/2003 (19422) (0)
● MAGNETAR? - chris in suburbia 14:55:07 - 9/18/2003 (19416) (1)
● Re: MAGNETAR? - Donald Boon 10:50:05 - 9/19/2003 (19423) (1)
● Re: MAGNETAR? - chris in suburbia 09:56:15 - 9/20/2003 (19429) (2)
● Re: MAGNETAR? - Donald Boon 15:33:39 - 9/20/2003 (19434) (0)
● Re: MAGNETAR? - Donald Boon 15:19:04 - 9/20/2003 (19433) (0)
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