Off W. Coast of Nothern Sumatra, Indonesia 9.0 Mw Earthquake Focal Mechanism
Drumplot Record for the 9.0 Sumatra Earthquake
| Earthquake Details | Seismogram Explanation |
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| Location: Off W. Coast of Nothern Sumatra, Indonesia Date: December 26, 2004 Time: 00:58:50 (UTC); 6:58:50 pm CST (local 12/25/04) Latitude: 3.30 N Longitude: 95.78 E Magnitude: 9.0 Mw Depth: 10 km Distance: 133.71 deg (9,233 miles from Milwaukee) | 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. This is the largest earthquake in 40 years and the 5th largest ever recorded. This earthquake produced a deadly tsunmai that killed over 250,000 people. |