Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 6.0 FIJI REGION
Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 00:15:25 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 23.82 4:27.1 0:19:52.1P
Brisbane, Australia 27.12 4:56.1 0:20:21.1P
Honolulu, Hawaii 44.35 7:17.4 0:22:42.4P
Agana, Guam 47.13 7:38.4 0:23:03.4P
Tokyo, Japan 65.84 9:46.4 0:25:11.4P
San Francisco, California 77.0210:51.3 0:26:16.3P
Los Angeles, California 77.8310:55.6 0:26:20.6P
Phoenix, Arizona 82.0111:17.4 0:26:42.4P
Anchorage, Alaska 82.3211:18.9 0:26:43.9P
Palmer Station, Antarctica 82.6811:20.7 0:26:45.7P
Beijing, China 82.8711:21.7 0:26:46.7P
Seattle, Washington 82.9311:22.0 0:26:47.0P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 86.7711:40.5 0:27:05.5P
Mexico City, Mexico 87.0711:41.8 0:27:06.8P
Golden, Colorado 89.7111:54.1 0:27:19.1P
Brownsville, Texas 90.7011:58.7 0:27:23.7P
Wichita, Kansas 94.7312:17.0 0:27:42.0P
Lima, Peru 97.8112:30.7 0:27:55.7Pdiff
St. Louis, Missouri 100.3312:41.9 0:28:06.9Pdiff
Duluth, Minnesota 100.9812:44.8 0:28:09.8Pdiff
Kathmandu, Nepal 102.6312:52.1 0:28:17.1Pdiff
Knoxville, Tennessee 103.6512:56.6 0:28:21.6Pdiff
Miami, Florida 105.6613:05.5 0:28:30.5Pdiff
Washington, D.C. 110.5113:27.1 0:28:52.1Pdiff
Ottawa, Canada 112.0713:34.0 0:28:59.0Pdiff
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 112.0713:34.0 0:28:59.0Pdiff
New York, New York 113.0113:38.2 0:29:03.2Pdiff
Boston, Massachusetts 115.2913:48.3 0:29:13.3Pdiff
San Juan, Puerto Rico 116.9713:55.7 0:29:20.7Pdiff
Bangor, Maine 116.9813:55.8 0:29:20.8Pdiff
Moscow, Russia 132.9515:06.7 0:30:31.7Pdiff
Bergen, Norway 137.4415:26.6 0:30:51.6Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 139.5415:35.9 0:31:00.9Pdiff
London, England 146.4818:31.6 0:33:56.6PKPdf
Rome, Italy 154.0218:43.6 0:34:08.6PKPdf

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