Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 4.9 FIJI REGION
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 12:41:01 UTC

Theoretical P-wave Travel Times

This map shows the predicted (theoretical) travel times, in minutes, of the compressional (P) wave from the earthquake location to points around the globe. The travel times are computed using the spherically-symmetric IASP91 reference earth velocity model. The heavy black lines shown are the approximate distances to the P-wave shadow zone (103 to 140 degrees).

Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times
City Distance
(degrees)
Travel Time
(min:secs)
Arrival Time
UTC
Phase
Wellington, New Zealand 22.87 4:19.112:45:20.1P
Brisbane, Australia 27.71 5:01.612:46:02.6P
Honolulu, Hawaii 44.86 7:21.912:48:22.9P
Agana, Guam 48.84 7:51.712:48:52.7P
Tokyo, Japan 67.54 9:57.512:50:58.5P
San Francisco, California 77.1210:52.612:51:53.6P
Los Angeles, California 77.7710:56.112:51:57.1P
Palmer Station, Antarctica 81.1111:13.612:52:14.6P
Phoenix, Arizona 81.8611:17.412:52:18.4P
Anchorage, Alaska 83.2411:24.312:52:25.3P
Seattle, Washington 83.2711:24.512:52:25.5P
Beijing, China 84.5911:30.912:52:31.9P
Mexico City, Mexico 86.4111:39.612:52:40.6P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 86.6111:40.512:52:41.5P
Golden, Colorado 89.6611:54.712:52:55.7P
Brownsville, Texas 90.2011:57.212:52:58.2P
Wichita, Kansas 94.5512:17.012:53:18.0P
Lima, Peru 96.3312:24.912:53:25.9Pdiff
St. Louis, Missouri 100.1312:41.812:53:42.8Pdiff
Duluth, Minnesota 101.0312:45.812:53:46.8Pdiff
Knoxville, Tennessee 103.3312:56.012:53:57.0Pdiff
Kathmandu, Nepal 104.2413:00.012:54:01.0Pdiff
Miami, Florida 105.0213:03.512:54:04.5Pdiff
Washington, D.C. 110.2513:26.712:54:27.7Pdiff
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 111.8413:33.812:54:34.8Pdiff
Ottawa, Canada 112.0213:34.612:54:35.6Pdiff
New York, New York 112.8013:38.112:54:39.1Pdiff
Boston, Massachusetts 115.1213:48.412:54:49.4Pdiff
San Juan, Puerto Rico 116.0513:52.512:54:53.5Pdiff
Bangor, Maine 116.9013:56.212:54:57.2Pdiff
Moscow, Russia 134.6015:14.812:56:15.8Pdiff
Bergen, Norway 138.7415:33.212:56:34.2Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 140.0915:39.212:56:40.2Pdiff
London, England 147.6818:34.612:59:35.6PKPdf
Rome, Italy 155.5918:46.712:59:47.7PKPdf

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Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver