The Past Week Ticker

M12/MC(5), T13/MC(2), W14, Th15/XC(2),7.1M, F16/MC,XC(3),6.1M, Sa17/MC(3),XC, Su18, M19/6.4M, T20, W21, Th22/XC,6.2M



Moon for July 2004 per Astronomy Magazine in EDT

1 perigee, 2 full moon, 9 last quarter, 14 apogee, 17 new moon, 24 first quarter, 30 perigee #2, 31 full moon #2



The Moon is at its second perigee (223,895 miles near) on 30 July.

The full moon, the second of the month, is thus a Blue Moon.



X-FLARES! See the latest at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/today.html .



Southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower peaks on 28 July.





Earth and Sun Digest for July 22, 2004

FROM THE SUN: MAGNETIC TORNADOS THAT CAUSE BIG QUAKES

...Week at a Glance (with time ticking)



California and Nevada earthquakes in past week--354; no quakes of 4M or greater

Compare with map at

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm and past week count at left lower corner

Global Earthquakes of 5.0 to 5.9M thru Wednesday--12 (Jap-1, SoPac-3); four 6M quakes or greater: 7/22 6.2M RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN, 7/19 6.4M VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION, 7/16 6.1M PACIFIC-ANTARCTIC RIDGE, 7/15 7.1M FIJI REGION

Earthquake data are from U.S. Geological Survey tables at http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/bulletin.html .

Volcanic ash near Jet Stream (at 5 mi/8 km)--none, but ash to 7.5 km on Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

Ash data are from the weekly GVN/USGS report at

http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/ Check dates.



Sunspot No. high and low--176 on 19 July from 142 on 16 July

Largest and smallest daily total area of sunspots--2420 on 21 July from 630 on 15 July (100 =Size of Earth)

X-Class Solar Flares: two on 15, three on 16, one on 17 July, and one on 22 July; last M-Class flares (5+/day) 5 on 13 July (Ticker has fewer MC.)

(See http://www.sel.noaa.gov/today.html )

Planetary Geomagnetic A Indices: high of 24 on 17 July; five or more Kp's of 4 (or more) per 24 hours: none in July; high Kp's of 3 per 24 hours this week: five on 19 July

Asteroid Nearest Earth in 2004: 2004 FH on 18 March by 0.125 LD





(Data is upgraded at the source as needed without notice.)





Recent Volcanic Eruptions: TWO GROUPINGS



Northern Ash and Gas Eruptions

north of latitude 23°N.





KARYMSKY Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 54.05°N, 159.43°E; summit elev. 1,536 m

during 9-16 July seismicity above background levels, on 14 July an explosion producing an ash-and-gas plume to a height of ~7.5 km



SHIVELUCH Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 56.653°N, 161.360°E; summit elev. 2,283 m

seismicity above background levels during 9-16 July



VENIAMINOF Alaska Peninsula, USA 56.17°N, 159.38°W; summit elev. 2,507 m

during 9-16 July small ash-and-steam emissions as high as 3.6 km



Equatorial Ash and Gas Eruptions

at less than 23°N or S





ANATAHAN Mariana Islands, central Pacific Ocean 16.35°N, 145.67°E; summit elev. 788 m

during 14-20 July Strombolian explosions frequently accompanied by steam-and-ash explosions, a plume of fine ash and steam reaching heights below ~1.8 km, occasionally visible on satellite imagery.



FUEGO Guatemala 14.47°N, 90.88°W; summit elev. 3,763 m

during 14-19 July explosions producing plumes to a maximum height of ~1.5 km and avalanches of volcanic material traveled down several ravines flanking the volcano



KILAUEA Hawaii, USA 19.43°N, 155.29°W; summit elev. 1,222 m

several surface lava flows visible during 15-19 July



KRAKATAU Indonesia 6.10°S, 105.43°E; summit elev. 813 m

in July a brief increase in the number of gas-and-steam emissions from the crater of Anak Krakatau



NYIRAGONGO Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.52°S, 29.25°E; summit elev. 3,469 m

new eruptive activity beginning on 12 July ending the next day, activity again on 18 July around 0730, producing a plume to about ~5.5 km



PAPANDAYAN Java, Indonesia 7.32°S, 107.73°E; summit elev. 2,665 m

volcanic activity at heightened levels on 17 July



SANTA MARÍA Guatemala 14.756°N, 91.552°W; summit elev. 3,772 m

during 14-19 July weak-to-moderate explosions producing plumes to 5.1 km



SEMERU Java, Indonesia 8.11°S, 112.92°E; summit elev. 3,676 m

an ash plume on 18 July at a height of ~3 km



TUNGURAHUA Ecuador 1.47°S, 78.44°W; summit elev. 5,023 m

moderate level emissions of steam, gas, and ash







All ash elevations are in km above sea level (a.s.l.) and times are converted to UTC.





EARTH

The FIVE Index has the last column giving the eight daily
Kp (three hourly) geomagnetic values in the same 
UTC time frame as the quake listings.
FIVE Index of Global earthquakes of 5.0 magnitude or greater
DATE-(UTC)-TIME    LAT  LON    DEP   MAG  Q  COMMENTS  Daily Kp values 
yy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss  deg. deg.   km 
READ UP for latest report.
04/07/22  09:45:1726.55N128.88E43.3  6.2RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN2 0 0 3-1-1-1-1
04/07/22  03:56:3928.76N65.25E42.5   5.1PAKISTAN
04/07/21  06:29:4921.11N144.38E26.1  5.4MARIANA ISLANDS REGION2 1 2 1 1 3 2 2
04/07/20  18:48:3832.31S179.70W23.1  5.2SOUTH OF KERMADEC ISLANDS1 2 3 2 2 3 3 3
04/07/20  14:16:2319.64N146.80E13.0  5.9MARIANA ISLANDS REGION
04/07/20  03:40:2320.33S169.35E37.1  5.8VANUATU
04/07/19  08:01:4849.68N126.94W22.0  6.4VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION1 3 2 3 2 3 3 3
04/07/18  08:31:4533.38N69.58E10.0   5.1CENTRAL AFGHANISTAN1 3 3 2 2 3 2 2
04/07/17  13:37:581.28N97.32E35.0    5.0NIAS REGION, INDONESIA6 4 5 3 3 3 3 2
04/07/17  12:17:5354.77S143.80E10.0  5.7WEST OF MACQUARIE ISLAND
04/07/17  06:10:1734.70N140.21E46.4  5.6NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN6 4 5 3 3 3 3 2
04/07/16  23:58:1865.59S179.59W10.0  6.1PACIFIC-ANTARCTIC RIDGE2 0 2 2 3 3 3 4 
04/07/15  16:19:130.31S126.86E73.6   5.1MOLUCCA SEA2 1 1 1 2 3 3 4
04/07/15  12:06:5249.75N126.86W18.7  5.9VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION
04/07/15  08:18:2935.90N70.50E83.7   5.2HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN
04/07/15  04:27:1417.68S178.76W565.5 7.1FIJI REGION
04/07/15  04:27:1117.68S178.71W560.0 5.4FIJI REGION

United States Quakes this past week 
with quakes possibly felt in U.S. from nearby countries:  
04/07/22  13:40:1042.17N120.26W5.0   3.1OREGON
04/07/21  23:39:1543.72N127.84W10.0  4.6OFF COAST OF OREGON
04/07/21  23:12:4040.28N124.46W19.5  3.4OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/07/21  18:59:1162.87N148.82W64.0  3.8CENTRAL ALASKA
04/07/21  06:29:4921.11N144.38E26.1  5.4MARIANA ISLANDS REGION
04/07/20  19:20:0143.68N127.85W10.0  4.6OFF COAST OF OREGON
04/07/20  14:16:2319.64N146.80E13.0  5.9MARIANA ISLANDS REGION
04/07/20  05:09:3632.28N115.14W3.2   3.6BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
04/07/20  02:01:4949.46N127.24W27.0  4.3VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION
04/07/19  08:01:4849.68N126.94W22.0  6.4VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION
04/07/19  07:31:5837.45N118.84W7.3   3.0CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
04/07/18  10:18:3652.25N131.51W10.0  4.0QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS REGION
04/07/17  20:34:4351.87N171.52W40.0  4.4FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
04/07/17  13:45:0043.02N126.21W10.0  3.6OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
04/07/17  03:43:4458.97N153.76W103.0 4.7KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
04/07/16  14:45:1761.60N146.30W35.0  3.9SOUTHERN ALASKA
04/07/16  12:17:3040.63N95.55W5.0    3.3IOWA
04/07/16  03:25:1736.86N89.18W4.4    3.5SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
04/07/15  13:22:2463.58N147.88W1.0   3.4CENTRAL ALASKA
04/07/15  12:20:5433.35N116.37W13.2  3.0SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/07/15  12:06:5249.75N126.86W18.7  5.9VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION
04/07/15  08:39:4239.53N122.04W0.1   3.0NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/07/15  01:43:2235.32N119.42W0.0   3.6CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

YEARS OF MONTHLY COUNTS 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  04
March     0   2   8  13   5   7   8   5   5  10  15  10
April     0  12  17   4   9   6   8   3   9   7   8  17
May       3  15  17   8   9   6   9   5   8   7  16   7
June      1  11  12  12   3   3   3  22  10  14  12  10
July      2  10  12   7   5   9   8   9  10   5  15  (9 with one 7M)
YR total 19 110 160 109  76  63 103 109 112 133 145 (73)
SUN
Sunspot numbers, daily for the past week:
7/14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  
 149 146 142 165 169 176 147 162
Planetary geomagnetic A Indices, daily (eight Kp's for same period)
   9   9  12  24   9   9   9   6