CC+Quake+04+16

Back to Data This quake occured in California, north of Los Angeles. The coordinates were 35.0272N 119.1783W.

Date Time Lat Lon Depth Mag Magt Nst Gap Clo RMS SRC Event ID

2005/04/16 19:18:13.55 35.0272 -119.1783 10.29 5.15 ML 114 0.41 CI 14138080 media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&gl=us&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=116174442152556522216.00044aed47b5bfed7b7b0&s=AARTsJp_2GkW3hnXksuxSKEgoO5Z0NpcWQ&ll=49.95122,-112.851562&spn=54.746314,112.5&z=3&iwloc=00044b8c1f4bc1aad4e61&output=embed" height="480" width="640"

Using Google Earth's Ruler tool, the distance between the center of the earthquake and LIGO was 1,269.22 km. It is passing through all land. Speed= 8 km/s or 5 km/s Distance = 1,269.22 km

Time = Distance / Speed t = 1269.22 / 8 or t = 1269.22 / 5 t = 158.6525 s or t = 253.844 s t = 2.6 mins or t = 4.2 mins

The delay from when the earthquake occured and when it would be detected would be at most 4.2 mins after and at quickest 2.6 mins after. The earthquake occured at 19:18 GMT so it would arrive at LIGO between 19:20 and 19:22. It was a large magnitude earthquake of 5.15 so it would appear large on LIGO. This spike is most likely from this earthquake.