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Tonga 8.1 Mw Earthquake Recorded at UWM
Tonga 8.1 Mw Earthquake Focal Mechanism
Tonga 8.1 Mw Earthquake Focal Mechanism

Earthquake Details

Location: Tonga
Date: May 3, 2006
Time: 15:26:35 UTC; 10:26:35 am CDT
Latitude: 20.03 S
Longitude: 174.23 E
Magnitude: 8.1 Mw
Depth: 5 km
Distance: 100.81 deg (6,961 miles from Milwaukee)

Seismogram Explanation

Pdiff-wave arrival time: not verified.
Sdiff-wave arrival time: not verified.
The vertical axis is in units of displacement in centimeters.
The horizontal axis is in units of time in seconds.
The beginning of the file is the origin of the event.