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Chiapas, Mexico 6.0 Mw Earthquake Recorded at UWM
Chiapas, Mexico 6.0 Mw Earthquake Focal Mechanism
Chiapas, Mexico 6.0 Mw Earthquake Focal Mechanism

Earthquake Details

Location: Chiapas, Mexico
Date: July 6, 2007
Time: 01:09:22 UTC; 8:09:22 pm CDT (local 7/5/07).
Latitude: 16.60 N
Longitude: 93.54 W
Magnitude: 6.0 Mw
Depth: 116 km
Distance: 26.83 deg (1,853 miles from Milwaukee)

Seismogram Explanation

P-wave arrival time: 01:14:47 UTC; 8:14:47 pm CDT (local 7/5/07)
S-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.
This was a deep event, hence the lack of big surface waves.