University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Department of Geosciences
4/14/04 Jan Mayen Region 6.0 Mw Earthquake
4/14/04 Jan Mayen Region Focal Mechanism
4/14/04 Jan Mayen Region Earthquake Focal Mechanism


Earthquake Details

Seismogram Explanation

Location: Jan Mayen Region

P-wave arrival time: Not Verified.

Date: April 14, 2004

S-wave arrival time: Not Verified.

Time: 23:07:39 (UTC); 6:07:39 pm (local)

The vertical axis is in units of displacement in centimeters.

Latitude: 71.06 N

The horizontal axis is in units of time in seconds.

Longitude: 7.76 W

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

Magnitude: 6.0 Mw

Depth: 27 km

Distance: 46.83 deg (3,234 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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