Earthquake Details

Seismogram Explanation

Location: Fiji Region

Pdiff-wave arrival time: 04:40:04 UTC; 11:40:04 pm (local 7/14/04)

Date: July 15, 2004

PKiKP-wave arrival time: 04:44:24 UTC; 11:44:24 pm (local 7/14/04)

Time: 04:27:11 (UTC); 11:27:11 pm (local 7/14/04)

The vertical axis is in units of displacement in centimeters.

Latitude: 17.48 S

The horizontal axis is in units of time in seconds.

Longitude: 179.01 W

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

Magnitude: 7.1 Mw

There are few surface waves because this event was so deep.

Depth: 578 km

Distance: 102.63 deg (7,086 miles from Milwaukee)