Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 4.7 SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS
Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 06:59:41 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
Brisbane, Australia 16.93 3:53.2 7:03:34.2Pn
Wellington, New Zealand 17.81 4:04.1 7:03:45.1Pn
Agana, Guam 45.11 8:11.2 7:07:52.2P
Honolulu, Hawaii 53.88 9:18.0 7:08:59.0P
Tokyo, Japan 66.1310:42.0 7:10:23.0P
Palmer Station, Antarctica 80.1712:04.9 7:11:45.9P
Beijing, China 81.3212:11.0 7:11:52.0P
San Francisco, California 87.2212:40.9 7:12:21.9P
Los Angeles, California 88.1712:45.4 7:12:26.4P
Anchorage, Alaska 90.2012:54.9 7:12:35.9P
Phoenix, Arizona 92.4013:05.1 7:12:46.1P
Seattle, Washington 92.7113:06.6 7:12:47.6P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 97.1713:26.8 7:13:07.8P
Mexico City, Mexico 97.1913:26.9 7:13:07.9P
Kathmandu, Nepal 97.3113:27.5 7:13:08.5P
Golden, Colorado 100.0413:39.6 7:13:20.6Pdiff
Brownsville, Texas 101.0113:43.9 7:13:24.9Pdiff
Lima, Peru 104.3613:58.8 7:13:39.8Pdiff
Wichita, Kansas 105.1314:02.2 7:13:43.2Pdiff
St. Louis, Missouri 110.7414:27.1 7:14:08.1Pdiff
Duluth, Minnesota 111.2114:29.2 7:14:10.2Pdiff
Knoxville, Tennessee 114.0614:41.8 7:14:22.8Pdiff
Miami, Florida 115.8114:49.6 7:14:30.6Pdiff
Washington, D.C. 120.9315:12.3 7:14:53.3Pdiff
Ottawa, Canada 122.3915:18.8 7:14:59.8Pdiff
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 122.4815:19.2 7:15:00.2Pdiff
New York, New York 123.4215:23.4 7:15:04.4Pdiff
Boston, Massachusetts 125.6715:33.4 7:15:14.4Pdiff
San Juan, Puerto Rico 126.4715:36.9 7:15:17.9Pdiff
Bangor, Maine 127.3215:40.7 7:15:21.7Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 129.2715:49.3 7:15:30.3Pdiff
Moscow, Russia 133.3616:07.5 7:15:48.5Pdiff
Bergen, Norway 142.0216:46.0 7:16:27.0Pdiff
London, England 151.4419:42.8 7:19:23.8PKPdf
Rome, Italy 154.6619:47.6 7:19:28.6PKPdf

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