Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 4.7 FIJI REGION
Tuesday, May 08, 2012 at 13:07:21 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 24.33 4:34.813:11:55.8P
Brisbane, Australia 28.13 5:08.213:12:29.2P
Honolulu, Hawaii 43.60 7:15.913:14:36.9P
Agana, Guam 47.69 7:47.013:15:08.0P
Tokyo, Japan 66.15 9:53.413:17:14.4P
San Francisco, California 76.1410:52.013:18:13.0P
Los Angeles, California 76.9010:56.213:18:17.2P
Phoenix, Arizona 81.0611:18.213:18:39.2P
Anchorage, Alaska 81.7811:21.913:18:42.9P
Seattle, Washington 82.1311:23.613:18:44.6P
Palmer Station, Antarctica 82.6511:26.213:18:47.2P
Beijing, China 83.3211:29.613:18:50.6P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 85.8211:41.813:19:02.8P
Mexico City, Mexico 86.0511:42.913:19:03.9P
Golden, Colorado 88.7911:55.613:19:16.6P
Brownsville, Texas 89.7011:59.913:19:20.9P
Wichita, Kansas 93.7812:18.513:19:39.5P
Lima, Peru 96.9612:32.813:19:53.8Pdiff
St. Louis, Missouri 99.3712:43.513:20:04.5Pdiff
Duluth, Minnesota 100.0812:46.613:20:07.6Pdiff
Knoxville, Tennessee 102.6712:58.113:20:19.1Pdiff
Kathmandu, Nepal 103.3713:01.213:20:22.2Pdiff
Miami, Florida 104.6513:06.913:20:27.9Pdiff
Washington, D.C. 109.5513:28.713:20:49.7Pdiff
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 111.1013:35.613:20:56.6Pdiff
Ottawa, Canada 111.1513:35.813:20:56.8Pdiff
New York, New York 112.0513:39.813:21:00.8Pdiff
Boston, Massachusetts 114.3413:49.913:21:10.9Pdiff
San Juan, Puerto Rico 115.9613:57.113:21:18.1Pdiff
Bangor, Maine 116.0513:57.513:21:18.5Pdiff
Moscow, Russia 133.1115:13.313:22:34.3Pdiff
Bergen, Norway 137.1815:31.313:22:52.3Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 140.5515:46.313:23:07.3Pdiff
London, England 146.1418:37.513:25:58.5PKPdf
Rome, Italy 154.0518:50.113:26:11.1PKPdf

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