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EARTH AND SUN DIGEST 2005/02/17 Big Quakes, Volcano Erupts, Sunspots Growing
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Posted by Canie on February 18, 2005 at 18:27:55:
The Past Week Ticker
M07/6.1M, T08/GS34,V7.6,6.8M, W09/6.0M,6.3M, Th10/6.4M, F11, Sa12, Su13, M14/6.1M, T15/6.6M,V8, W16/6.6M, Th17
MTWThFSaSu-days of week; 6M-quake, V8-volcano, MC or XC-solar flare, GS30-geomagnetic storm
Moon Phases and Orbit for February 2005 per Astronomy Magazine in EDT
2 last quarter, 7 perigee, 8 new moon, 15 first quarter, 19 apogee, 23 full moon
The Moon is at apogee (252,156 miles far) on 19 February.
The current crop of sunspots is now capable of M Class solar flares, per www.spaceweather.com . Sunspots are magnetic in origin.
Thanks to Arno's at Pinpoint and Volcano List:
Piton de Fournase volcano on Reunion Island is in a seismic crisis with severe deformations and it is expected to erupt in hours.
EARTH AND SUN DIGEST for February 17, 2005
...Week at a Glance (with time ticking)
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 05
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 17
December 0 6 13 7 3 2 16 11 7 11 17 21
January 2 1 13 10 4 7 5 8 10 14 10 11 28, more after 9M on 12/26/04
February 1 12 13 18 7 4 6 4 14 6 5 13 (13)
March 0 2 8 13 5 7 8 5 5 10 15 10YR total 19 110 160 109 76 63 103 109 112 133 145 145 (41)
Global Earthquakes of 5.0 to 5.9M thru Wednesday--23 (Japan-1, SoPacific-2); four quakes of 6M or greater: 2/16 6.6 SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE, 2/15 6.6M KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA, 2/14 6.1M SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA, 2/10 6.4M SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS.
California and Nevada earthquakes in past week--298; no quakes 4M or greater
Interactive map
Earthquake data .
Volcanic ash near Jet Stream (at 5 mi/8 km)--Kamchatka, Russia
http://Ash data
Sunspot No. high and low--115 on 14 February to 61 on 16 February
Largest and smallest daily area of sunspots--900 on 11 February from 530 on 10 February (100=Earth-size)
X-Class Solar Flares: none; last M-Class flares (5+/day): six on 15 January
(See updating site at www.sel.noaa.gov/today.html )
Planetary Geomagnetic A Indices: high of 17 on 10 February; five or more Kp's of 4 (or more) per 24 hours: none; high no. of Kp's of 3 per 24 hours this week: four on 11 Febuary
(Data is upgraded at the source as needed without notice.)
Northern Ash and Gas Eruptions north of latitude 23°N.
EBEKO Kuril Islands, Russia 50.68°N, 156.02°E; summit elev. 1,156 m (2.2 km)
on 7 February a small emission of steam, gas, and possibly ash rising ~2.2 km, on 8 and 9 February plumes to 1.8 km with thin ash deposits ~7 km from the volcano
KLIUCHEVSKOI Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 56.06°N, 160.64°E; summit elev. 4,835 m (7.3 km)
on 6, 8, and 9 February ash plumes rising to ~7.3 km, gas-and-steam plumes to ~3 km during 6-9 February, during 31 January to 9 February Strombolian activity in the terminal crater and a lava flow into Krestovsky channel on the volcano's NW flank; phreatic bursts in this channel with a lava flow contacting glaciers during 6-9 February, to 8 km on 15 February
SHIVELUCH Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 56.653°N, 161.360°E; summit elev. 3,283 m (5.7 km)
on 6 February a pyroclastic flow ~2 km down the volcano's flank, based on seismic data, ash-and-gas explosions possible to 5.1 km on 6, 7, and 9 February, ash-and-gas plumes seen rising to 5.7 km
ST. HELENS Washington, USA 46.20°N, 122.18°W; summit elev. 2,549 m (2.6 km)
during 9-15 February growth of the new lava dome inside the crater of St. Helens continuing, accompanied by low emissions of steam and volcanic gases and minor production of ash, on 14 and 15 February the GPS instrument on the new lava dome moving an average of 6 m per day mostly southeastward with an upward component of about 1 m per day
VENIAMINOF Alaska Peninsula, USA 56.17°N, 159.38°W; summit elev. 2,507 m (4 km)
low-level Strombolian eruptive activity during 4-11 February, on 9 February an ash burst rising hundreds of meters above the intracaldera cone, no indications of the bursts higher than 4 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 (6 km)
during 10-13 February frequent Strombolian explosions, slowly declining to 5-10% of the peak levels during the current eruption; ash as high as ~6 km
COLIMA western México 19.514°N,103.62°W; summit elev. ~3,850 m (low)
during 9-15 February several small explosions of ash to low altitudes, on 12 February a pyroclastic flow ~2.5 km SE down the Montegrande and San Antonio ravines
EGON Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia 8.67°S, 122.45°E; 1,703 m (?)
an explosion on 14 February at 1030 producing a plume to an unknown height
KILAUEA Hawaii, USA 19.43°N, 155.29°W; summit elev. 1,222 m (0)
during 9-15 February Kilauea's PKK lava flow continuing to enter the sea and surface lava visible on the Pulama pali fault scarp
MANAM offshore New Guinea, Papua New Guinea 4.10°S, 145.06°E; summit elev. 1,807 m (3 km)
emissions continuing during 9-15 February up to 3 km
TUNGURAHUA Ecuador 1.47°S, 78.44°W; summit elev. 5,023 m (low)
volcanic activity at low levels during 9-14 February, low-energy gas-and-steam plumes emitted
All ash elevations are in km above sea level (a.s.l.) and times are converted to UTC.
EARTHThe 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. North Sumatra regional quakes separately below. 05/02/17 06:20:2434.08S178.09W45.9 5.2SOUTH OF KERMADEC ISLANDS
05/02/17 06:12:165.85S150.57E38.1 5.4NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.
05/02/17 03:12:4511.06S76.08W118.0 5.5CENTRAL PERU
05/02/17 01:19:1756.07S27.28W101.4 5.3SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
05/02/16 20:27:5335.67S16.36W10.0 6.6SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
05/02/16 10:54:0735.27N36.03W10.0 5.1NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
05/02/15 19:46:3535.99N139.68E45.9 5.2NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
05/02/15 14:42:254.78N126.39E39.7 6.6KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
05/02/15 11:16:1641.62N79.46E35.2 5.3SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA
05/02/15 11:15:1224.54N92.56E45.7 5.1INDIA-BANGLADESH BORDER REGION
05/02/14 23:38:1041.71N79.34E36.3 6.1SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA
05/02/14 18:55:0317.56S167.61E30.0 5.1VANUATU
05/02/14 18:05:5815.72N61.69W10.0 5.9LEEWARD ISLANDS
05/02/13 05:26:5411.96N57.88E10.0 5.0OWEN FRACTURE ZONE REGION
05/02/11 21:00:2260.13N139.35W1.0 5.5SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA
05/02/11 07:43:5416.15N119.77E50.0 5.0LUZON, PHILIPPINES
05/02/10 16:53:1923.23S169.25E10.0 6.4SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
05/02/10 07:10:3515.20S173.71W10.0 5.2TONGA
05/02/10 04:42:0235.38S103.58W10.0 5.2SOUTHEAST OF EASTER ISLAND
05/02/10 02:32:135.19N82.59W10.0 5.8SOUTH OF PANAMA
SUMATRA REGIONAL QUAKES, read up from south to north, including Myanmar
Note: Myanmar quakes are north on the fault from the Andamans.
Andaman quakes appear to be going south and east.
North Sumatra quakes are about the same location.
Nicobar quakes are going north and somewhat easterly.
NEW! MYANMAR: since 12 December 2004, five 5M quakes 05/02/15 13:05:4924.45N94.63E68.8 5.3MYANMAR-INDIA BORDER REGION
05/02/08 07:21:0019.75N95.83E27.1 5.2MYANMAR
05/02/03 20:13:2926.16N95.55E74.8 5.3MYANMAR-INDIA BORDER REGION
05/01/18 03:02:5622.94N94.74E116.6 5.2MYANMAR
04/12/30 01:13:4719.85N95.88E43.8 5.0MYANMAR ANDAMAN ISLANDS: one 5M quakes 05/02/14 13:21:5614.87N93.68E35.8 5.0ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION NICOBAR ISLANDS: two 5M quakes 05/02/16 08:19:448.14N94.23E30.0 5.6NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
05/02/10 01:34:288.15N94.35E15.0 5.1NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION NORTHERN SUMATRA AREA: four 5M quakes 05/02/17 05:31:274.70N95.18E41.5 5.7NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
05/02/15 02:32:591.75N92.09E10.0 5.5OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
05/02/13 02:02:055.05N94.79E30.0 5.6NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
05/02/13 01:22:065.08N94.80E26.6 5.6NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA SOUTHERN SUMATRA: one 5M quake 05/02/14 17:06:530.11S98.76E55.6 5.8KEPULAUAN BATU, INDONESIA
United States And U.S. Territorial Quakes this past week
with quakes possibly felt from nearby countries:
05/02/17 03:12:4443.72N111.14W5.0 2.9SOUTHERN IDAHO
05/02/17 01:57:0061.32N149.85W29.6 3.8SOUTHERN ALASKA
05/02/16 18:41:2161.29N149.87W41.5 3.6SOUTHERN ALASKA
05/02/16 18:35:2361.34N149.85W35.0 4.8SOUTHERN ALASKA
05/02/15 22:20:5134.80N116.26W7.0 3.4SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
05/02/13 18:05:0638.79N122.76W3.5 2.9NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
05/02/11 22:54:0163.02N151.45W10.0 3.7CENTRAL ALASKA
05/02/11 21:59:4560.05N139.43W5.0 3.6SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA
05/02/11 21:29:3360.13N139.33W1.0 4.8SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA
05/02/11 21:00:2260.13N139.35W1.0 5.5SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA
05/02/11 12:18:3518.68N64.35W31.4 3.7VIRGIN ISLANDS
05/02/11 22:54:0163.02N151.45W10.0 3.7CENTRAL ALASKA
05/02/11 21:59:4560.05N139.43W5.0 3.6SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA
05/02/11 21:29:3360.13N139.33W1.0 4.9SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA
05/02/11 21:00:2260.13N139.35W1.0 5.5SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA
05/02/11 12:18:3518.68N64.35W31.4 3.7VIRGIN ISLANDS
05/02/10 13:44:5154.75N53.24W10.0 4.2LABRADOR SEA
05/02/10 15:01:3538.79N122.74W4.0 3.2NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
05/02/10 14:04:5435.76N90.25W15.3 4.1ARKANSAS
05/02/10 13:38:4621.47N143.09E330.4 4.5MARIANA ISLANDS REGION
SUN
Sunspot numbers, daily for the past week:
2/9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
60 63 73 72 73 115 69 61
Planetary daily geomagnetic A Index with its consecutive Kp's in UTC
2/09 25 3 4 5 4 4 3 3 3
2/10 17 4 4 3 3 4 2 3 2
2/11 11 2 3 3 3 2 1 3 2
2/12 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 0
2/13 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 1
2/14 5 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 2
2/15 5 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 2
2/16 13 2 1 2 4 4 3 3 3
Solar data from http://www.sec.noaa.gov/
SPECIAL NOTE
Note the addition of categories for Myanmar and Southern Sumatra of aftershocks in the FIVE List section on North Sumatra region.
With the continuing high number of 5M aftershocks there is the possibility of more high ash eruptions. It appears Piton de Fournaise volcano in the western Indian Ocean on the island of Reunion may be next, and soon.
Comments or questions are welcome.
Donald J. Boon, editor.
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