University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Department of Geosciences
2/25/04 Near Coast of Guatamala 5.5 Mw Earthquake
2/25/04 Near Coast of Guatamala Focal Mechanism
2/25/04 Near Coast of Guatamala Earthquake Focal Mechanism


Earthquake Details

Seismogram Explanation

Location: Near Coast of Guatamala

P-wave arrival time: not verified.

Date: February 25, 2004

S-wave arrival time: not verified.

Time: 18:22:22 (UTC); 12:22:22 pm (local)

The vertical axis is in units of displacement in centimeters.

Latitude: 13.93 N

The horizontal axis is in units of time in seconds.

Longitude: 91.93 W

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

Magnitude: 5.5 Mw

Depth: 5 km

Distance: 29.26 deg (2,020 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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