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Earth and Sun Digest 2003/10/02 WILD WEEKEND FOR MOON, MARS AND EARTH
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Posted by Donald Boon on October 02, 2003 at 20:06:18:
The Day-Date-Moon Ticker*
The Day-Date-Moon Ticker*
M22/V8,6.5M, T23, W24/GS33, Th25/8.3M,7.4M,V8.1, F26NM/6.0M, Sa27/6.3M,7.3M,, Su28Pg/, M29/6.5M, T30/6.0M,6.4M,6.0M, W01/MC,6.7M, Th02
Earth and Sun Digest for October 2, 2003
WILD WEEKEND OF MOON, MARS AND EARTH
...at a Glance (with time ticking)
(Source data can change without notice or correction.)
Earthquakes of 5.0 to 5.9M thru Wednesday--32; ten quakes of 6M or greater: 10/01 6.7SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA0, 3/09/30 6.0M KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, 9/30 6.4M KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, 9/30 6.0M SCOTIA SEA, 9/29 6.5HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION, 9/27 6.3SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA, 9/27 7.3M RUSSIA-KAZAKHSTAN-XINJIANG BORDER REGION, 9/26 6.0M HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION, 9/25 7.4M HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION, 9/25 8.3M HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION (last two reported previously)
California earthquakes in past week--277; none of 4M or greater
Volcanic ash over 5 mi (8 km)--Ecuador
Sunspot No. high--139 on 28 September
Smallest to largest daily total area of sunspots--650 on 29 September to 960 on 1 October
(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 28 on 25 September;
one set of K-Indices of 4 or more (5 or more/24 hours*) before 17 through 26 September
Moon for October per Astronomy Magazine
2 first quarter, 10 full, 13 apogee, 18 last quarter, 25 new, 26 perigee
The moon is at apogee (252,085 miles far) on 13 October.
NOTE: Mar resumed normal motion on 29 September.
Note the seismic activity in the eastern Mediterranean.
Recent Volcanic Eruptions:
COLIMA western México 19.514°N,103.62°W; summit elev. ~3,850 m
on 26 September an ash plume to 7.3 km
DUKONO Halmahera, Indonesia 1.70°N, 127.87°E; summit elev. 1,185 m
During 24-26 September faint ash plumes to ~3 km
ETNA Sicily, Italy 37.73°N, 15.00°E; summit elev. 3,315 m
on 25 September an ash-and-steam plume reaching a height less than 4.5 km
FUEGO Guatemala 14.47°N, 90.88°W; summit elev. 3,763 m
ash plumes on 28 September, the first emission an ash plume covering an area of 5 x 5 km, a second ash emission to ~6 km
KARYMSKY Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 54° 03'N, 159° 27'E; summit elevation 1,486 m.
on September 23 an ash explosion up to 5.5 km, on this day and September 24-25 possible
ash-gas explosions to ~3.3 km
KILAUEA Hawaii, USA 19.43°N, 155.29°W; summit elev. 1,222 m
during 24-30 September surface lava flows on coastal flat and upslope areas
KLIUCHEVSKOI Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 56.06°N, 160.64°E; summit elev. 4,835 m
a gas-and-steam plume to ~5.5 km on 24 September
LAMONGAN Java, Indonesia 8.00°S, 113.34°E; summit elev. 1,651 m
on 24 September ash to ~2.5 km
SANTA MARÍA Guatemala 14.756°N 91.552°W; summit elev. 3,772 m
an ash emission on 28 September to ~4.3 km
SOUFRIÈRE HILLS Montserrat, West Indies 16.72°N, 62.18°W; summit elev. 1,052 m
volcanic activity at low levels during 19-26 September, sulfur-dioxide emission rates slightly lower than the previous week, ranging between 500 and 600 tons per day, ash emissions on 30 September to a height of ~2.4 km
TUNGURAHUA Ecuador 1.47°S, 78.44°W; summit elev. 5,023 m
moderate-to-large ash emissions during 24-30 September, ash plumes on 25 September to 8.1 kkm, on 26 September to 7.6 km, and on 27 and 28 September to 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.
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.
03/10/01--Perigee Week Ends
03/10/01 03:58:4550.12N87.74E10.0 5.0SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA
03/10/01 01:30:2442.05N144.67E33.0 5.1HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
03/10/01 01:03:2550.21N87.66E10.0 6.7SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA
03/10/01 00:44:0713.66S167.17E196.7 5.1VANUATU ISLANDS
03/09/30 21:39:1830.25S177.46W33.0 5.6KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
03/09/30 19:37:5445.61S166.66E33.0 5.6OFF W. COAST OF S. ISLAND, N.Z.
03/09/30 15:22:3030.45S177.28W33.0 6.0KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
03/09/30 14:08:4130.40S177.40W33.0 6.4KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
03/09/30 08:01:3360.08S33.45W10.0 6.0SCOTIA SEA
03/09/30 07:43:244.03S152.87E33.0 5.6NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.
03/09/29 22:09:1841.47N144.07E33.0 5.3HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
03/09/29 21:22:1141.50N144.04E33.0 5.6HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
03/09/29 16:02:4548.33N153.08E117.6 5.4KURIL ISLANDS
03/09/29 14:22:1442.08N144.29E33.0 5.1HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
03/09/29 07:49:5742.38N144.05E33.0 5.4HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
03/09/29 02:36:5342.45N144.41E25.0 6.5HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
03/09/28 21:29:4242.13N144.63E33.0 5.1HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
03/09/28 17:40:4235.11S70.63W91.0 5.2CHILE-ARGENTINA BORDER REGION
03/09/28 16:50:5741.95N145.06E33.0 5.1HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
03/09/28--Moon in Perigee
03/09/27 20:30:2449.94N87.76E10.0 5.2RUSSIA-KAZAKHSTAN-XINJIANG BORDER REGION
03/09/27 18:52:4750.08N87.79E14.8 6.3SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA
03/09/27 16:07:3842.27N144.32E33.0 5.0HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
03/09/27 15:31:2250.12N87.80E10.0 5.0SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA
03/09/27 13:16:4350.08N87.89E10.0 5.7SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA
03/09/27 11:33:2549.98N87.90E18.4 7.3RUSSIA-KAZAKHSTAN-XINJIANG BORDER REGION
03/09/26 23:35:3340.29N77.07E29.1 5.3SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA
03/09/26 20:38:2142.06N144.46E33.0 6.0HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
03/09/26 06:26:5742.24N144.60E33.0 5.9HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
03/09/26 04:44:1846.31N142.95E350.0 5.2SAKHALIN, RUSSIA
03/09/26 03:51:3542.11N144.65E33.0 5.2HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
03/09/26 03:29:0541.71N143.65E33.0 5.1HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
03/09/26 02:35:1242.05N144.37E33.0 5.4HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
03/09/26 00:13:2922.44S175.12W33.0 5.6TONGA REGION
03/09/25 22:40:3521.58S113.03W10.0 5.3SOUTHERN EAST PACIFIC RISE
03/09/25 21:07:5941.83N143.50E33.0 7.4HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
03/09/25 21:02:5241.86N144.11E33.0 5.3HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
03/09/25 20:57:1341.77N143.57E33.0 5.7HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
03/09/25 20:25:1142.54N143.94E33.0 5.0HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
03/09/25 20:10:0241.90N143.64E33.0 5.5HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
03/09/25 20:05:2541.85N144.20E33.0 5.3HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
03/09/25 19:50:0641.83N143.83E33.0 8.3HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
03/09/25 18:43:0535.34N35.81W10.0 5.2NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
03/09/25--Perigee week begins
United States Quakes this past week
with quakes that might be felt:
03/10/01 14:15:5159.60N154.02W120.4 4.5SOUTHERN ALASKA
03/10/01 13:27:3544.76N117.55W5.0 3.3OREGON
03/10/01 08:07:5540.57N75.06W5.0 2.4PENNSYLVANIA
03/09/30 02:28:0331.12N87.52W5.0 3.3ALABAMA
03/09/28 02:09:0038.75N122.72W3.8 3.6NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
03/09/28 01:29:1763.50N147.20W5.0 4.1CENTRAL ALASKA
03/09/25 14:33:4536.82N121.35W6.0 3.5CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
03/09/24 15:02:0935.28N101.74W5.0 3.3TEXAS PANHANDLE REGION
MEDITERRANEAN REGION, Continued
03/09/28 10:00:2544.43N6.72E2.0 2.0FRANCE
03/09/28 02:28:3448.34N6.69E5.0 2.1FRANCE
03/09/28 02:16:2448.34N6.68E5.0 1.8FRANCE
03/09/26 20:12:5043.47N4.61E10.0 2.2NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF FRANCE
03/09/26 18:54:0638.62N23.49E33.0 4.7GREECE
03/09/26 18:30:2148.32N6.66E5.0 1.9FRANCE
03/09/26 11:03:3242.96N0.37W75.0 2.5PYRENEES
03/09/26 10:48:0546.30N2.28E10.0 2.2FRANCE
03/09/26 10:24:0246.10N2.84E10.0 2.3FRANCE
03/09/26 10:03:4845.01N4.06E10.0 2.4FRANCE
03/09/26 10:02:3645.02N4.07E10.0 2.5FRANCE
03/09/26 08:42:3145.82N2.85E5.0 2.2FRANCE
03/09/26 07:36:0649.15N6.74E1.0 2.3GERMANY
03/09/26 18:54:0738.58N23.57E33.0 4.7GREECE
03/09/26 03:40:5838.71N24.24E30.0 2.8AEGEAN SEA
03/09/26 03:26:1838.21N23.38E23.0 3.0GREECE
03/09/26 00:05:4937.47N20.43E5.0 3.4IONIAN SEA
03/09/24 08:13:1039.54N38.27E10.0 4.7EASTERN TURKEY
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
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 18 with two 7M's, one 8M
October 4 12 21 9 6 3 4 8 11 21 1
Yr total 19 110 160 109 76 63 103 109 112 133 (105)
SUN
Sunspot numbers for the past week:
9/24 25 26 27 28 29 30 10/1
121 122 127 137 139 108 116 126
Planetary geomagnetic A Indices for same period
33 28 17 9 6 7 7 10
Data from
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/
No SPECIAL NOTE this week because of length of data tables.
Comments and questions are always welcome.
Donald J. Boon, editor, donaldboon@comcast.net
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