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6/10/04 Kamchatka, Russia 6.9 Mw Earthquake
6/10/04 Kamchatka, Russia Focal Mechanism
6/10/04 Kamchatka, Russia Earthquake Focal Mechanism


Earthquake Details

Seismogram Explanation

Location: Kamchatka, Russia

P-wave arrival time:15:30:24 (UTC); 10:30:24 am (local)

Date: June 10, 2004

S-wave arrival time:15:38:55 (UTC); 10:38:55 am (local)

Time: 15:19:57 (UTC); 10:19:57 am (local)

The vertical axis is in units of displacement in centimeters.

Latitude: 55.76 N

The horizontal axis is in units of time in seconds.

Longitude: 159.96 E

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

Magnitude: 6.9 Mw

Depth: 190 km

Distance: 65.81 deg (4,544 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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