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Nias Region, Indonesia 6.8 Mw Earthquake Recorded at UWM
Nias Region, Indonesia 6.8 Mw Earthquake Focal Mechanism
Nias Region, Indonesia 6.8 Mw Earthquake Focal Mechanism

Earthquake Details

Location: Nias Region, Indonesia
Date: May 16, 2006
Time: 15:28:26 UTC; 10:28:26 am CDT
Latitude: 0.08 N
Longitude: 97.02 E
Magnitude: 6.8 Mw
Depth: 6 km
Distance: 136.80 deg (9,446 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.