University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Department of Geosciences
10/15/04 Taiwan Region 6.7 Mw Earthquake
10/15/04 Taiwan Region Focal Mechanism
10/15/04 Taiwan Region Earthquake Focal Mechanism


Earthquake Details

Seismogram Explanation

Location: Taiwan Region

P-wave arrival time: not verified.

Date: October 15, 2004

S-wave arrival time: not verified.

Time: 04:08:50 (UTC); 11:08:50 pm (local 10/14/04)

The vertical axis is in units of displacement in centimeters.

Latitude: 24.51 N

The horizontal axis is in units of time in seconds.

Longitude: 122.67 E

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

Magnitude: 6.7 Mw

Depth: 95 km

Distance: 107.09 deg (7,395 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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