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6/14/04 Oaxaca, Mexico 5.9 Mw Earthquake
6/14/04 Oaxaca, Mexico Focal Mechanism
6/14/04 Oaxaca, Mexico Earthquake Focal Mechanism


Earthquake Details

Seismogram Explanation

Location: Oaxaca, Mexico

P-wave arrival time: 23:00:12 (UTC); 6:00:12 pm (local)

Date: May 13, 2004

S-wave arrival time: 23:04:56 (UTC); 6:04:56 pm (local)

Time: 22:54:23 (UTC); 5:54:23 pm (local)

The vertical axis is in units of displacement in centimeters.

Latitude: 16.47 N

The horizontal axis is in units of time in seconds.

Longitude: 97.83 W

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

Magnitude: 5.9 Mw

Depth: 17 km

Distance: 27.92 deg (1,928 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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