University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Department of Geosciences
8/28/04 Chile-Argetina Broder Region 6.5 Mw Earthquake
8/28/04 Chile-Argetina Broder Region Focal Mechanism
8/28/04 Chile-Argetina Broder Region Earthquake Focal Mechanism


Earthquake Details

Seismogram Explanation

Location: Chile-Argetina Broder Region

P-wave arrival time: 13:53:34 (UTC); 8:53:34 am (local).

Date: August 28, 2004

S-wave arrival time:14:03:35 (UTC); 9:04:35 (local).

Time: 13:41:29 (UTC); 8:41:29 am (local)

The vertical axis is in units of displacement in centimeters.

Latitude: 34.86 S

The horizontal axis is in units of time in seconds.

Longitude: 70.38 W

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

Magnitude: 6.5 Mw

Depth: 16 km

Distance: 79.20 deg (5,496 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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