The Past Week Ticker

M16/MC(2), T17/MC(4), W18/XC, Th19, F20, Sa21, Su22, M23, T24, W25, Th26

MTWThFSaSu-days of week; 6M-quake, V8-volcano, MC or XC-solar flare, GS-geomagnetic storm



Moon for September 2004 per Astronomy Magazine in EDT

6 last quarter, 7 apogee, 14 new moon, 21 first quarter, 22 perigee, 28 full moon

The Moon is at perigee (226,866 miles near) on 27 August with full moon on 29 August.



EARTH AND SUN DIGEST for August 26, 2004

Big Donuts in Northern Oceans

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



California and Nevada earthquakes in past week--303; no quakes of 4M or greater

Interactive map at http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm , see left lower corner

Global Earthquakes of 5.0 to 5.9M thru Wednesday--13 (Jap-2, SoPac-1); no quakes 6M or greater

Earthquake data from http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/bulletin.html .

Volcanic ash near Jet Stream (at 5 mi/8 km)--none

Ash data from http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs



Sunspot No. high and low--102 on 22 August to 55 on 24 August

Largest and smallest daily area of sunspots--850 on 21 August to 550 on 25 August (100=Earth)

X-Class Solar Flares: none; last M-Class flares (5+/day) 7 on 14 August, 5 on 15 August[/b] (Ticker has fewer MC.)

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

Planetary Geomagnetic A Indices: high of 17 on 21 August; five or more Kp's of 4 (or more) per 24 hours: 22 thru 27 July; high no. of Kp's of 3 per 24 hours this week: 7 on 20 August

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



Northern Ash and Gas Eruptions north of latitude 23°N.





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

during 13-20 August gas-and-steam plumes to ~3 km



SPURR southwestern Alaska, USA 61.299°N, 152.251°W; 3,374 m

during 13-20 August seismicity a maximum on 14 August, then down to about 15 earthquakes per day the rest of the week, slightly higher than during the previous weeks



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

during 13-20 August occasional small ash-and-steam emissions similar to previous 2 months, none above 3 km



Equatorial Ash and Gas Eruptions at less than 23°N or S





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

during 18-23 August, many weak-to-moderate explosions, plumes to a maximum height of 4.3 km, avalanches of incandescent volcanic material to the mouths of several ravines on the volcano's flanks



GALERAS Colombia 1.22°N, 77.37°W; summit elev. 4,276 m

gas-and-ash emissions continuing as of 18 August



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

during 21-24 August surface lava flows visible on the Pulama pali fault scap



PITON DE LA FOURNAISE Réunion Island, Indian Ocean 21.23°S, 55.71°E; summit elev. 2,631 m

the eruption of 13 August continuing through 20 August with lava



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

during 18-23 August several explosions, producing ash plumes to ~5.1 km, two partial lava dome collapses on 23 August with pyroclastic flows



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

on 24 August a thin plume visible on satellite imagery



SOUFRIÈRE HILLS Montserrat, West Indies 16.72°N, 62.18°W; summit elev. 1,052 m

volcanic at low levels during 13-20 August, sulfur-dioxide flux were generally low, around 200 metric tons per day



TENGGER CALDERA Java, Indonesia 7.942°S, 112.950°E; summit elev. 2,329 m

a decrease in volcanic activity but gas emissions possibly dangerous to visitors



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

volcanic activity at low levels during 18-23 August, emissions of gas, steam, and ash to low levels



ULAWUN New Britain, Papua New Guinea 5.04°S, 151.34°E; summit elev. 2,334 m

a thin ash plume on 23 August to 5.3 km





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  Day's Kp values 
yy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss  deg. deg.   km 
READ UP for latest report.
04/08/26  No 5M quakes or greater as yet2 1 1 1-1-1-1-1
04/08/25  05:12:4920.34S68.88W93.1   5.0CHILE-BOLIVIA BORDER REGION1 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 
04/08/25  02:22:1861.59N146.40W39.3  5.3SOUTHERN ALASKA 
04/08/24  20:07:4755.03S129.02W10.0  5.4PACIFIC-ANTARCTIC RIDGE2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
04/08/24  10:05:3432.52N92.21E10.0   5.5XIZANG-QINGHAI BORDER REGION 
04/08/23  00:57:1324.82S13.59W10.0   5.5SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 
04/08/22  No quakes 5M or greater3 3 4 4 3 3 2 2
04/08/21  20:11:4910.53S34.31E10.0   5.0LAKE MALAWI REGION, MALAWI-TANZANIA3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
04/08/21  11:33:4022.12S169.35E10.0  5.4SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS
04/08/20  20:33:0535.09N141.21E36.4  5.2NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3
04/08/20  17:37:5323.86N123.36E24.2  5.3SOUTHWESTERN RYUKYU ISL., JAPAN
04/08/20  17:13:248.19N126.04E59.0   5.0MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
04/08/20  05:36:0551.86N166.33W28.0  5.0SOUTH OF ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
04/08/19  06:35:0413.81N123.97E46.6  5.5LUZON, PHILIPPINES3 1 0 2 2 3 2 2
04/08/19  06:33:258.28S109.72E35.0   5.1JAVA, INDONESIA

United States Quakes this past week 
with quakes possibly felt in U.S. from nearby countries:  
04/08/25  12:32:1961.60N146.40W38.0  3.6SOUTHERN ALASKA 
04/08/25  02:22:1861.59N146.40W39.3  5.3SOUTHERN ALASKA 
04/08/23  18:11:1714.83N146.72E45.8  4.8ROTA REGION, N. MARIANA ISLANDS 
04/08/23  17:22:1363.53N148.18W2.0   3.2CENTRAL ALASKA 
04/08/23  13:22:1334.67N116.36W2.9   3.2SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/08/23  13:20:2048.09N114.54W11.3  2.7WESTERN MONTANA
04/08/23  07:19:4161.82N149.92W43.0  3.8SOUTHERN ALASKA
04/08/22  01:25:1232.38N115.23W4.1   4.0BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
04/08/21  19:43:3347.18N123.86W12.7  3.2OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASHINGTON
04/08/21  09:11:2329.94N114.01W10.0  3.6GULF OF CALIFORNIA
04/08/21  07:58:2527.33N111.58W10.0  4.3GULF OF CALIFORNIA
04/08/20  19:26:5351.70N177.02W64.1  4.8ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS.
04/08/20  09:43:4929.24N114.17W10.0  3.6BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
04/08/20  08:06:1428.13N113.17W10.0  4.6BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
04/08/20  06:33:0529.90N114.01W10.0  4.6GULF OF CALIFORNIA
04/08/20  05:36:0551.86N166.33W28.0  5.0SOUTH OF ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
04/08/19  23:51:4933.20N86.97W5.0    3.5ALABAMA
04/08/19  07:14:5940.00N121.05W9.1   3.2NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/08/19  06:06:0344.66N124.31W27.8  4.5OFFSHORE OREGON
04/08/19  02:31:0236.72N121.36W3.2   3.0CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
04/08/19  00:16:3637.11N121.52W7.9   3.4NORTHERN 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  11 with two 7M
August    2  14  16   6   7   8   9  12   8  12   8  (3)
YR total 19 110 160 109  76  63 103 109 112 133 145 (78)
SUN
Sunspot numbers, daily for the past week:
8/18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25
  53  60  85  88 102  93  55  60
Planetary geomagnetic A Indices, daily (eight Kp's for same period)
  13   7  14  17  13   7   5   7