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11/3/04 Rota Region, N. Mariana Islands 6.0 Mw Earthquake
11/3/04 Rota Region, N. Mariana Islands Focal Mechanism
11/3/04 Rota Region, N. Mariana Islands Earthquake Focal Mechanism


Earthquake Details

Seismogram Explanation

Location: Rota Region, N. Mariana Islands

Pdiff-wave arrival time: Not verified.

Date: November 3, 2004

Sdiff-wave arrival time: Not verified.

Time: 08:31:43 (UTC); 2:31:43 am (local)

The vertical axis is in units of displacement in centimeters.

Latitude: 14.50 N

The horizontal axis is in units of time in seconds.

Longitude: 146.79 E

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

Magnitude: 6.0 Mw

Depth: 21 km

Distance: 103.93 deg (7,176 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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