University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Department of Geosciences
11/28/04 Hokkaido, Japan Region 7.0 Mw Earthquake
11/28/04 Hokkaido, Japan Region Focal Mechanism
11/28/04 Hokkaido, Japan Region Earthquake Focal Mechanism


Earthquake Details

Seismogram Explanation

Location: Hokkaido, Japan Region

P-wave arrival time: 18:44:29 (UTC); 12:44:29 pm (local).

Date: November 28, 2004

S-wave arrival time: 18:54:36 (UTC); 12:54:36 pm (local).

Time: 18:32:14 (UTC); 12:32:14 pm (local)

The vertical axis is in units of displacement in centimeters.

Latitude: 43.00 N

The horizontal axis is in units of time in seconds.

Longitude: 145.09 E

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

Magnitude: 7.0 Mw

Depth: 36 km

Distance: 82.01 deg (5,663 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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