University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Department of Geosciences
12/14/04 Cayman Islands Region 6.7 Mw Earthquake
12/14/04 Cayman Islands Region Focal Mechanism
12/14/04 Cayman Islands Region Earthquake Focal Mechanism


Earthquake Details

Seismogram Explanation

Location: Cayman Islands Region

P-wave arrival time: not verified.

Date: December 14, 2004

S-wave arrival time: not verified.

Time: 23:20:14 (UTC); 5:20:14 am (local)

The vertical axis is in units of displacement in centimeters.

Latitude: 19.03 N

The horizontal axis is in units of time in seconds.

Longitude: 81.34 W

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

Magnitude: 6.7 Mw

Depth: 23 km

Distance: 24.61 deg (1,699 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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