Gulf of Mexico 6.0 Mw Earthquake Recorded at UWM

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Earthquake Details

Location: Gulf of Mexico
Date: September 10, 2006
Time: 14:56:07 UTC; 9:56:07 am CDT
Latitude: 26.33 N
Longitude: 86.57 W
Magnitude: 6.0 Mw
Depth: 4 km
Distance: 16.75 deg (1,157 miles from Milwaukee)

Seismogram Explanation

P-wave arrival time: 15:00:03 UTC; 9:00:03 am CDT.
S-wave arrival time: 15:03:19 UTC; 9:03:19 am CDT.
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.
The Sn phase arrived slightly before the main S-wave but could not be accurately picked.

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)