Lake Tanganyika Region, Africa 6.8 Mw Earthquake Focal Mechanism
| Earthquake Details | Seismogram Explanation |
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| Location: Lake Tanganyika Region, Africa Date: December 5, 2005 Time: 12:19:55 UTC; 6:19:55 am CST Latitude: 6.21 S Longitude: 29.60 E Magnitude: 6.8 Mw Depth: 18 km Distance: 114.17 deg (7,883 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. |