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code 2006/05/01 09:13:31.98  8.1150  -82.8740  10.00  5.50   Mw  261          1.21  NEI 200605014055 code
 * 1st earthquake defined:**

It originally occurred at 9:13:31, but using certain calculations you can see that it took 20 minutes and 50 seconds to register on LIGO, so that is why on the LIGO data it didn't occur til around 9:33~9:44

I figured out how far away the earthquake occurred from LIGO by adding the coordinates of the earthquake on to Google Maps, and then drew a line using Google Map tools to the Hanford, Washington LIGO site and it calculated the distance in miles for me, and I then used Google calculator to convert the miles to kilometers.

It showed up on LIGO around 9:33, as you see below: the below graph shows the entire day of LIGO, recording the earthquake The graph below this is showing the graph of the same above earthquake, more specified into 6 hours, to show the graph more distinctly

The earthquake occurred here:, at 8.1150 -82.8740 media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&geocode=&hl=en&safe=active&ie=UTF8&s=AARTsJqXG5TSO2RsaiBG614vbtAnzuFNJQ&msa=0&msid=105635331626375031049.00044b7a6854df7fe1a74&ll=9.253936,-82.485352&spn=7.584944,9.338379&z=6&output=embed" width="425" height="350"