University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Department of Geosciences
11/02/04 Vancouver Is., Canada Region 6.5 Mw Earthquake
11/02/04 Vancouver Is., Canada Region Focal Mechanism
11/02/04 Vancouver Is., Canada Region Earthquake Focal Mechanism


Earthquake Details

Seismogram Explanation

Location: Vancouver Is., Canada Region

P-wave arrival time: 10:08:11 UTC; 4:08:11 am (local)

Date: November 2, 2004

S-wave arrival time: 10:13:02 UTC; 4:13:02 am (local)

Time: 10:02:13 (UTC); 4:02:13 am (local)

The vertical axis is in units of displacement in centimeters.

Latitude: 49.26 N

The horizontal axis is in units of time in seconds.

Longitude: 128.87 W

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

Magnitude: 6.5 Mw

Depth: 14 km

Distance: 28.76 deg (1,986 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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