University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Department of Geosciences
11/15/04 Near West Coast of Colombia 7.0 Mw Earthquake
11/15/04 Near West Coast of Colombia Focal Mechanism
11/15/04 Near West Coast of Colombia Earthquake Focal Mechanism


Earthquake Details

Seismogram Explanation

Location: Near West Coast of Colombia

P-wave arrival time: 9:14:23 UTC; 3:14:23 am (local)

Date: November 15, 2004

S-wave arrival time: not verified.

Time: 09:06:55 (UTC); 3:06:55 am (local)

The vertical axis is in units of displacement in centimeters.

Latitude: 4.63 N

The horizontal axis is in units of time in seconds.

Longitude: 77.54 W

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

Magnitude: 7.0 Mw

Depth: 8 km

Distance: 39.38 deg (2,719 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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