University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Department of Geosciences
5/13/04 New Ireland Region, P.N.G. 6.1 Mw Earthquake
5/13/04 New Ireland Region, P.N.G. Focal Mechanism
5/13/04 New Ireland Region, P.N.G. Earthquake Focal Mechanism


Earthquake Details

Seismogram Explanation

Location: New Ireland Region, P.N.G.

P-wave arrival time: Not Verified.

Date: May 13, 2004

S-wave arrival time: Not Verified.

Time: 09:58:43 (UTC); 4:58:43 am (local)

The vertical axis is in units of displacement in centimeters.

Latitude: 3.56 S

The horizontal axis is in units of time in seconds.

Longitude: 150.61 E

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

Magnitude: 6.1 Mw

Depth: 23 km

Distance: 115.08 deg (7,946 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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