University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Department of Geosciences
2/24/04 Strait of Gibraltar 6.4 Mw Earthquake
2/24/04 Strait of Gibraltar Focal Mechanism
2/24/04 Strait of Gibraltar Earthquake Focal Mechanism


Earthquake Details

Seismogram Explanation

Location: Strait of Gibraltar

P-wave arrival time:02:38:14 (UTC); 8:38:14 pm (local, 2/23/04).

Date: February 24, 2004

S-wave arrival time:02:46:43 (UTC); 8:46:43 pm (local, 2/23/04).

Time: 02:27:46 (UTC); 8:27:46 pm (local, 2/23/04)

The vertical axis is in units of displacement in centimeters.

Latitude: 35.24 N

The horizontal axis is in units of time in seconds.

Longitude: 3.96 W

The beginning of the file is the origin of the event.

Magnitude: 6.4 Mw

Depth: 13 km

Distance: 62.99 deg (4,349 miles from Milwaukee)




Updated as of by Brett Ketter

Seismograms created using Seismic Analysis Code (SAC; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Focal mecanisms created using Generic Mapping Tools (GMT; Wessel and Smith; University of Hawaii, Manoa)

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