The Past Week Ticker

M08/MC,GS189,6.3M, T09/MC,GS120,6.9M, W10/GS,XC, Th11/6.1M,6.7M,7.5M,6.9M, F12/GS30/V10.8,6.1M, Sa13, Su14, M15/7.2M, T16/6.1M, W17/6.6M, Th18

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



Moon for November 2004 per Astronomy Magazine in EDT

2 apogee 1, 5 last quarter, 12 new moon, 14 perigee, 19 first quarter, 26 full moon, 30 apogee 2

The Moon is at apogee ( miles far) on 30 November.





Solar Activity More at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/today.html .





EARTH AND SUN DIGEST for November 18, 2004

No Solar Flares, Many Big Earthquakes

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



California and Nevada earthquakes in past week--340; one quake of 4M or greater: 11/13 4.1M SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

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--26 (Japan-2, SoPacific-7); eight quakes of 6M or greater: 11/17 6.6M FIJI REGION, 11/16 6.1M NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G., 11/15 7.2M NEAR THE WEST COAST OF COLOMBIA, 11/13 5.9M SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION, 11/12 6.1M SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, ARGENTINA, 11/11 6.9M KEPULAUAN ALOR, INDONESIA, 11/11 7.5M KEPULAUAN ALOR, INDONESIA, 11/11 6.7M SOLOMON ISLANDS, 11/11 5.9M SOLOMON ISLANDS, 11/11 6.1M HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION.

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

Volcanic ash near Jet Stream (at 5 mi/8 km)--Papua New Guinea

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



Sunspot No. high and low--70 on 11 November to 46 on 16 November

Largest and smallest daily area of sunspots--550 on 11 to 22 on 13 November (100=Earth)

X-Class Solar Flares: none; last M-Class flares (5+/day): five on 15 August (See updating site at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/today.html .)

Planetary Geomagnetic A Indices: high of 30 on 12 November; five or more Kp's of 4 (or more) per 24 hours: 11 and 12 November; high no. of Kp's of 3 per 24 hours this week: two on 12 and 16 November



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





RECENT VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS



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





ASAMA Honshu, Japan 36.40°N, 138.53°E; summit elev. 2,560 m

a loud explosion 14 November at 1159, the eruption as mid-sized, 3 on a scale of 5 in terms of power of the explosion, no ash plume observed due to cloudy weather, falling rocks observed over a large area on the slopes of the volcano



RUAPEHU North Island, New Zealand 39.28°S, 175.57°E; summit elev. 2,779 m

elevated levels of volcanic tremor possibly signaling the start of another Crater Lake heating cycle



ST. HELENS Washington, USA 46.20°N, 122.18°W; summit elev. 2,549 m

growth of the new lava dome inside the crater of St. Helens continuing and accompanied by intermittent emissions of steam and ash, when weather permitted, a plume rising passively and drifting out of the crater with minor ash, gas emission suggesting the lava reaching the surface was gas-poor and unlikely to generate highly explosive eruptions in the near term, recent extrusion-rate estimates of ~4 cubic meters per second slightly lower than those in mid-October. These rates, which are based on the volume of deformed crater floor and the amount of airborne sulfur dioxide measured during gas-monitoring flights, have uncertainties associated with their calculation. Volcanoes like St. Helens are expected to undergo slight variations in their extrusion rates during eruptive cycles. This change is small and does not indicate a notable change in the eruptive process.



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

during 5-12 November, based on seismic data, possible ash-and-gas explosions up to 6.5-7 km on 5, 7, 9, and 11 November, during the week gas-dominated plumes to ~4 km and those bearing ash to 3.5-6 km



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

elevated seismicity during 5-12 November, no unusual activity observed in satellite or web camera images





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





MANAM offshore New Guinea, Papua New Guinea 4.10°S, 145.06°E; summit elev. 1,807 m

a strombolian eruption beginning on 10 November at 1200 and lasting until 11 November at 0915, the ash column from the eruption rising ~7.8 km, and perhaps as high as ~10.8 km around 0732 according to a pilot account



COLIMA western México 19.514°N, 103.62°W; summit elev. ~3,850 m

during 10-15 November block-lava flows continuing, several explosions daily, satellite imagery from 2215 on 10 November indicating a plume to a height of ~5 km, consisting mostly of steam and a little ash, emitted around 2210



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

during 10-15 November avalanches of incandescent volcanic material towards the major ravines on the volcano's flanks, small explosions expelling incandescent lava to heights of 3.9 km, steam plumes from fumarolic activity reaching heights of ~4.4 km



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

lava from Kilauea's PKK flow continuing to enter the sea during 10-16 November at a newly formed lava delta at the eastern Lae`apuki entry area, on 16 November the delta growing along a wide front, a new arm of the delta-feeding flow forming ~100 m farther E and at their current rate of advance they could enter the sea within a day, all vents in the crater of Pu`u `O`o

incandescent



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

during 10-15 November weak-to-moderate explosions, causing the collapse of a small sector of the SW edge of the Caliente dome, a pyroclastic flow from that area on 12 November, on 14 November at 2012 a tectonic earthquake with a lava-flow collapse SW of the Caliente dome and triggering a pyroclastic flow



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

during 8-15 November, volcanic activity elevated, reliable data only available for two days, yielding SO2-flux estimates of 141 and 501 metric tons per day



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

volcanic activity at relatively low levels, characterized by small to moderate explosions, emissions mainly steam, gas, and small amounts of ash, on 15 November incandescence observed in the crater of the volcano and explosions generating steam columns with moderate ash content to ~7 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.
11/17     1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1
04/11/17  21:09:1319.96S178.80W619.9 6.6FIJI REGION 
04/11/17  20:58:2539.19N71.82E42.7   5.7TAJIKISTAN 
11/16     0 1 3 3 2 2 2 2     
04/11/16  11:57:2953.17N159.99E65.7  5.4NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA
04/11/16  10:06:535.57S151.42E51.5   6.1NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G. 
04/11/16  09:27:2052.69S27.96E10.0   5.0SOUTH OF AFRICA
04/11/16  07:13:4755.60S138.49W10.0  5.0PACIFIC-ANTARCTIC RIDGE 
04/11/16  03:39:3611.24S162.43E25.0  5.1SOLOMON ISLANDS 
11/15     0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
04/11/15  23:05:028.02S124.77E10.0   5.2KEPULAUAN ALOR, INDONESIA 
04/11/15  09:06:554.63N77.54W10.0    7.0NEAR THE WEST COAST OF COLOMBIA
11/14     4 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
04/11/14  18:44:1541.77N143.92E30.2  5.4HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 
04/11/14  17:37:4441.69N143.97E26.1  5.1HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 
11/13     2 2 4 2 2 2 1 1
04/11/13  20:06:0723.13S66.37W184.9  5.2JUJUY, ARGENTINA
04/11/13  09:59:3310.95S163.57E25.0  5.2SOLOMON ISLANDS 
04/11/13  07:33:1826.66S63.18W576.3  5.2SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, ARGENTINA
04/11/13  00:24:1810.34S164.62E10.0  5.9SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION
11/12     5 5 4 5 4 3 3 4
04/11/12  20:13:148.27N102.95W10.0   5.1NORTHERN EAST PACIFIC RISE
04/11/12  19:28:0111.10S161.74E20.0  5.1SOLOMON ISLANDS
04/11/12  12:08:428.30S125.48E10.0   5.0EAST TIMOR REGION 
04/11/12  11:31:5211.11S162.34E20.0  5.4SOLOMON ISLANDS
04/11/12  09:59:458.11S124.74E10.0   5.0KEPULAUAN ALOR, INDONESIA
04/11/12  08:52:408.06S125.24E10.0   5.2EAST TIMOR REGION 
04/11/12  06:42:317.29S128.29E10.0   5.0KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA 
04/11/12  06:36:1626.65S63.23W568.0  6.1SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, ARGENTINA
04/11/12  05:03:248.31S124.81E10.0   5.0KEPULAUAN ALOR, INDONESIA 
04/11/12  02:54:5459.73S27.87W146.2  5.0SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION 
11/11     4 5 4 4 2 3 2 4
04/11/11  22:49:478.32S124.76E10.0   6.9KEPULAUAN ALOR, INDONESIA
04/11/11  21:26:408.18S124.79E10.0   7.5KEPULAUAN ALOR, INDONESIA
04/11/11  17:34:5411.20S162.14E27.6  6.7SOLOMON ISLANDS 
04/11/11  17:33:0711.37S162.15E10.0  6.0SOLOMON ISLANDS 
04/11/11  13:52:534.28S143.14E54.1   5.3NEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
04/11/11  10:04:4222.30S176.30W55.4  5.3SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS 
04/11/11  10:02:4742.10N144.30E40.2  6.1HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 
04/11/11  09:11:3816.99S69.37W83.4   5.3SOUTHERN PERU
04/11/11  03:23:5822.81S69.58W71.0   5.1ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
04/11/11  02:16:4624.36N122.20E58.4  5.6TAIWAN REGION 
Beginning of perigee week
United States Quakes this past week 
with quakes possibly felt in U.S. from nearby countries:  
(highest magnitude quake shown for Mount St. Helens)
04/10/01          3.5M MOUNT ST. HELENS AREA, WASHINGTON
04/11/18  12:05:2963.67N146.91W10.0  4.7CENTRAL ALASKA 
04/11/17  11:29:0064.90N149.16W17.7  3.8CENTRAL ALASKA
04/11/17  02:43:1840.21N124.18W11.1  3.0NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/11/16  23:40:1521.72N143.39E208.3 4.0MARIANA ISLANDS REGION
04/11/16  18:21:2742.07N120.35W5.0   3.6OREGON 
04/11/16  09:34:0535.78N120.33W9.3   3.2CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
04/11/15  17:51:5550.47N130.14W10.0  4.3VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION 
04/11/14  21:27:4933.25N106.20W5.0   3.5NEW MEXICO
04/11/14  15:33:4534.19N117.43W3.4   3.0GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA
04/11/14  03:33:3960.82N151.70W80.0  3.9KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
04/11/13  23:14:0535.93N120.48W10.4  3.1CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
04/11/13  18:28:3038.88N107.50W1.0   3.2COLORADO
04/11/13  17:39:1634.35N116.84W9.3   4.1SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/11/13  13:44:1143.94N127.96W10.0  4.3OFF COAST OF OREGON 
04/11/12  16:44:4152.52N171.06E16.4  4.6NEAR ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 
04/11/12  10:04:5934.72N116.06W2.4   2.9SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
04/11/11  10:50:4834.72N116.05W2.2   3.7SOUTHERN 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
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   4
September 4   8   8   9   7   4  12   7  10  13  18  15 with two 7M's
October   4  12  21   9   6   3   4   8  11  21  11  12
November  0   7  10   6   7   4  15  15  10  11  13 (13 with two 7M's)
YR total 19 110 160 109  76  63 103 109 112 133 145(120)
SUN
Sunspot numbers, daily for the past week:
11/10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17    
   50  70  52  50  69  57  46  59   
Planetary geomagnetic A Indices, daily (eight Kp's for same period)
  181  23  30   8   9   3   8   6

SPECIAL NOTE:



Growth of Dome at Mount St. Helens (See Volcanos also.)



Good viewing conditions on 10 November revealed continued growth of the lava dome. Current estimates are that the welt, the broad area of

deformation, is about 600 m in diameter. The new lava dome, which occupies the central and western parts of the welt, is about 400 by 180 m. The highest point on the new lava dome is about 250 m above the former surface of the glacier that occupied that point in mid-September. Maximum surface temperatures on the new dome remain at about 700 degrees Celsius. GPS instruments on the welt show rates of movement of up to several meters per day, while GPS instruments on the 1980-86 lava dome show movements of up to 1-2 cm per day northward, away from the growing welt and new dome.





Comments or questions are welcome.



Donald J. Boon, editor,