Northern Peru 7.5 Mw Earthquake Focal Mechanism
| Earthquake Details | Seismogram Explanation |
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| Location: Northern Peru Date: September 26, 2005 Time: 01:55:39 UTC; 8:55:39 pm CDT (local 9/25/05) Latitude: 5.61 S Longitude: 76.37 W Magnitude: 7.5 Mw Depth: 117 km Distance: 49.58 deg (3,424 miles from Milwaukee) | P-wave arrival time: 02:04:16 UTC; 9:04:16 pm CDT (local 9/25/05). S-wave arrival time: 02:11:14 UTC; 9:11:14 pm CDT (local 9/25/05). 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. |