EARTH AND SUN DIGEST 2005/03/31 Another Great Earthquake

EARTH AND SUN DIGEST 2005/03/31 Another Great Earthquake

Posted by Canie on April 02, 2005 at 09:55:55:

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The Past Week Ticker
M21/6.9M,6.4M, T22, W23/V8.5, Th24, F25, Sa26/6.0M, Su27, M28/8.7M,6.0M,6.1M, T29, W30/6.4M,6.2, Th31/6.0M,6.1M
MTWThFSaSu-days of week; 6M-quake, V8-volcano, MC or XC-solar flare, GS30-geomagnetic storm

Moon Phases and Orbit for April 2005 per Astronomy Magazine in EDT
1 last quarter, 4 perigee, 8 new moon, 16 first quarter, 16 apogee, 24 full moon, 29 perigee (#2)
SOLAR ECLIPSE 8 April
LYRID METEOR SHOWER peaks on 22 April.
LUNAR ECLIPSE 24 April.

For graph of the current sunspot cycle see
http://spaceweather.com/swpod2005/30mar05/ssn_predict_l.gif

EARTH AND SUN DIGEST for March 31, 2005
Another North Sumatran Great Earthquake
...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
March     0   2   8  13   5   7   8   5   5  10  15  10 (18)
April     0  12  17   4   9   6   8   3   9   7   8  17YR total 19 110 160 109  76  63 103 109 112 133 145 145 (61)

Global Earthquakes of 5.0 to 5.9M thru Wednesday--47 (Japan-1, SoPacific-6); eight quakes of 6M or greater: 3/31 6.1M FIJI REGION, 3/31 6.0M FIJI REGION, 3/30 6.2M SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS, 3/30 6.4M OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA, 3/28 6.1M NIAS REGION, INDONESIA, 3/28 6.0M NIAS REGION, INDONESIA, 3/28 8.7M NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA, 3/26 6.0M BANDA SEACalifornia and Nevada earthquakes in past week-267; no quakes 4M or greater
Interactive map
Earthquake data .
Volcanic ash near Jet Stream (at 5 mi/8 km)--none but Kamchatka, Russia, possibly high
http://Ash data

Sunspot No. high and low--65 on 25 March to 11 on 30 March
Largest and smallest daily area of sunspots--290 on 25 March to 10 on 30 March(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 18 on 25 March; 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 25 and 27 March

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

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

CHIKURACHKI Kurile Islands, Russia 50.325°N, 155.458°E; summit elev. 1,816 m (low)
on 23 Marcho satellite imagery of a weak ash plume extending ~70 km E of the volcano, the height of the plume unknown, on 12 March explosions first noted

ANATAHAN Mariana Islands, central Pacific Ocean 16.35°N, 145.67°E; summit elev. 788 m (5.8 km)
the third eruption in 2005 on 21 March, near the peak on the 25th the Air Force Weather Agency detecting a hot spot on the island on satellite imagery, reporting an ash plume briefly reaching ~5.8 km, the plume height soon declining to below 3 km , and by near midday on the 27th the plume in transition from ash and steam, to steam and vog (fog composed of volcanic gases), on the 27th the plume extending ~240 km SW

KLYUCHEVSKOY VOLCANO Kamchatka, Russia 56°03'N, 160°39'E; summit elevation 4,750 m (5 km)
eruptive activity decreased but dangerous to aviation; according to visual and video data a
gas-steam plume containing some amounts of ash up to 5 km on March 27-28, extending to west, ash-gas plumes extending 35 km to the north and 80 km or 50 mi to the west on March 25

SHIVELUCH Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 56.653°N, 161.360°E; summit elev. 3,283 m (6.8 km)
the lava dome continuing to grow during 18-25 March with a lava flow; gas-and-steam plumes to ~6.8 km

ST. HELENS Washington, USA 46.20°N, 122.18°W; summit elev. 2,549 m (2.6 km)
during 23-29 March growth of the new lava dome continuing, accompanied by low rates of seismicity, low emissions of steam and volcanic gases, and minor production of ash, during about 26-27 March a group of M 2 to M 3 earthquakes beneath the volcano, a level of activity considered normal during dome-emplacing volcanism

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

COLIMA western México 19.514°N,103.62°W; summit elev. ~3,850 m (7.6 kn)
during 23-29 March several ash emissions, ash plumes rising to a maximum height of ~7.6 km

KILAUEA Hawaii, USA 19.43°N, 155.29°W; summit elev. 1,222 m (0)
on 29 March lava entering the ocean at five ocean entries, the largest, named Kamoamos, consisting of six or more places where lava enters the water along the front of a growing lava delta, while a cascade of lava streams down the old sea cliff at one of the two Highcastle entries, surface waves from a M 8.7 earthquake on 28 March off Sumatra, Indonesia, disturbed tilt measurements at Kilauea, otherwise the tilt change was small

MANAM offshore New Guinea, Papua New Guinea 4.10°S, 145.06°E; summit elev. 1,807 m (3 km)
mild eruptive activity continuing during 22-28 March with weak-to-moderate emissions from both the Main and Southern craters producing occasional ash clouds during most days; on 24 March emissions from Main Crater rose to ~2.8 km; on 28 March a moderate explosion with an ash plume to a height of ~3 km

RABAUL New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea 4.271°S, 152.203°E; summit elev. 688 m (moderate)
during 22-28 March eruptions at Rabaul caldera's active Tavurvur cone every 10-20 minutes, ash clouds rising several hundred meters above the summit with moderate ash fall in Rabaul Town during 25-28 March

TUNGURAHUA Ecuador 1.47°S, 78.44°W; summit elev. 5,023 m (low)
during 23-28 March volcanic and seismic activity at relatively low levels, low-energy gas-and-steam plumes emitted

ULAWUN New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea 5.04°S, 151.34°E; summit elev. 2,334 m (low)
during 25-28 March volcanic and seismic activity at low levels; gas emitted from the main crater

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.  
05/03/31  05:19:5253.97S7.76E10.0    5.3BOUVET ISLAND REGION
05/03/31  01:46:1718.43S176.00E10.0  6.1FIJI REGION
05/03/31  01:39:0518.57S176.03E10.0  6.0FIJI REGION
05/03/30  23:31:2335.22S70.98W89.9   5.1MAULE, CHILE
05/03/30  17:41:5722.31S179.77W589.2 6.2SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
05/03/30  12:00:3410.24S161.27E77.5  5.7SOLOMON ISLANDS
05/03/29  17:00:0047.55N154.12E4.9   5.2KURIL ISLANDS
05/03/29  16:38:2333.64S71.98W33.5   5.1OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE
05/03/28  13:46:5212.57N86.91W169.1  5.1NICARAGUA
05/03/28  00:01:300.29S20.74W10.0    5.2CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
05/03/26  15:40:354.89S129.92E10.0   6.0BANDA SEA
05/03/26  05:03:056.83S153.61E32.0   5.5NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.
05/03/26  02:42:0315.39S173.30W10.0  5.0TONGA
05/03/25  03:54:2620.25S68.83W95.9   5.0TARAPACA, CHILE
05/03/24  07:33:517.12N34.07W10.0    5.5CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
05/03/24  06:08:3655.95S27.08W53.4   5.0SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
Indonesian Quakes, by region with top to north, latest quake on top
Myanmar-India
05/03/25  13:34:4025.49N94.80E69.1   5.3MYANMAR-INDIA BORDER REGION
Simeulue Island
05/03/30  17:29:212.95N95.41E25.5    5.7SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
05/03/29  18:06:352.42N96.65E30.0    5.0SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
05/03/29  14:16:052.52N95.97E25.5    5.2SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
05/03/29  10:56:532.23N96.49E26.5    5.2SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
05/03/29  05:25:252.14N96.62E30.0    5.3SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
05/03/29  05:16:292.61N96.54E30.0    5.9SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
05/03/28  23:39:482.94N96.34E30.0    5.5SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
05/03/28  23:37:312.90N96.35E29.7    5.7SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
05/03/28  18:48:522.73N95.96E30.0    5.5SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
North Sumatra
05/03/30  16:19:413.01N95.37E22.0    6.4OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
05/03/29  20:41:372.29N97.17E30.0    5.3NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
05/03/29  12:56:045.50N93.35E25.7    5.1OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
05/03/29  06:16:151.76N99.06E30.0    5.0NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
05/03/28  20:19:094.93N92.32E30.0    5.0OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
05/03/28  16:09:362.07N97.01E30.0    8.7NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
05/03/25  01:04:535.50N94.36E39.0    5.9NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

Nias Island
05/03/31  07:23:551.83N97.07E28.9    5.8NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/31  04:48:081.26N97.17E30.0    5.2NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/30  12:57:430.25N98.04E20.5    5.2NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/30  12:45:260.22N97.68E30.0    5.0NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/30  10:20:221.92N96.95E27.9    5.4NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/30  01:13:161.85N97.04E26.8    5.5NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/29  09:16:031.92N96.94E27.3    5.1NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/29  04:50:070.17N97.08E37.6    5.4NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/29  04:19:011.23N97.12E22.3    5.3NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/29  04:09:131.59N96.97E26.5    5.3NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/29  02:22:410.98N97.44E23.5    5.0NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/29  00:56:041.67N97.11E30.0    5.2NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/28  23:13:000.18N97.03E37.8    5.8NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/28  21:07:491.31N97.22E30.0    5.0NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/28  20:35:171.73N97.09E30.0    5.2NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/28  20:23:210.87N97.70E30.0    5.3NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/28  20:06:251.03N97.39E30.0    5.4NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/28  19:02:191.01N97.81E30.0    5.8NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/28  18:30:430.92N97.80E30.0    6.1NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/28  17:59:470.95N97.80E30.0    5.3NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
05/03/28  16:38:431.33N97.39E30.0    6.0NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
                  
United States And U.S. Territorial Quakes this past week 
with quakes possibly felt from nearby countries:  
05/03/29  04:49:3860.28N150.98W70.0  4.1KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
05/03/28  22:12:0236.66N121.28W5.8   2.9CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
05/03/27  23:33:0037.26N121.95W4.3   2.6SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIF.
05/03/27  21:27:0112.88N91.88E30.0   4.3ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
05/03/27  17:45:5436.74N121.23W9.2   2.9CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
05/03/27  05:23:3051.67N176.94W68.7  4.4ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS.
05/03/26  22:15:5951.05N179.68W33.5  4.5ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS.
05/03/26  14:15:2046.19N122.19W1.0   3.1MOUNT ST. HELENS AREA, WASHINGTON
05/03/26  04:36:4835.84N120.39W6.9   3.6CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
05/03/25  16:39:2433.75N118.04W15.3  2.6GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA
05/03/25  12:06:2353.94N165.89W64.2  4.4FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
05/03/24  07:36:0238.81N122.80W4.4   2.8NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
05/03/24  04:22:5736.58N121.18W7.2   2.8CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

SUN
Sunspot numbers, daily for the past week:
3/23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30       
  56  57  65  41  35  15  15  11    
Planetary daily geomagnetic A Index with its consecutive Kp's in UTC
3/23     4  1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2
3/24     6  0 1 1 1 3 2 2 2
3/25    18  1 4 5 3 3 3 2 3
3/26    16  2 4 4 4 3 2 2 2
3/27    13  2 1 4 3 3 3 3 2
3/28     4  1 2 1 0 1 1 2 2
3/29     5  0 1 1 0 1 2 2 3
3/30     9  2 3 4 2 1 2 1 1

Solar data from http://www.sec.noaa.gov/

SPECIAL NOTE

TESLA and HAARP

This article says there is no relationship, and debunks many things currently and improperly associated with Tesla:
http://www.borderlands.com/newstuff/research/teslahaa.htm

Comments or questions are welcome.

Donald J. Boon, editor.