Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 4.9 FIJI REGION
Sunday, May 13, 2012 at 22:46:11 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 25.67 5:30.822:51:41.8P
Brisbane, Australia 27.83 5:50.222:52:01.2P
Honolulu, Hawaii 42.78 7:58.422:54:09.4P
Agana, Guam 45.79 8:22.522:54:33.5P
Tokyo, Japan 64.1710:35.622:56:46.6P
San Francisco, California 75.7611:46.822:57:57.8P
Los Angeles, California 76.6911:52.222:58:03.2P
Anchorage, Alaska 80.5012:13.222:58:24.2P
Phoenix, Arizona 80.9612:15.622:58:26.6P
Beijing, China 81.3712:17.722:58:28.8P
Seattle, Washington 81.4712:18.322:58:29.3P
Palmer Station, Antarctica 84.5512:34.222:58:45.2P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 85.7412:40.222:58:51.2P
Mexico City, Mexico 86.5512:44.222:58:55.2P
Golden, Colorado 88.5712:53.822:59:04.8P
Brownsville, Texas 90.0013:00.622:59:11.6P
Wichita, Kansas 93.7013:17.622:59:28.6P
Lima, Peru 98.5013:39.322:59:50.3Pdiff
St. Louis, Missouri 99.3213:42.922:59:53.9Pdiff
Duluth, Minnesota 99.7413:44.822:59:55.8Pdiff
Kathmandu, Nepal 101.6413:53.223:00:04.2Pdiff
Knoxville, Tennessee 102.7413:58.123:00:09.1Pdiff
Miami, Florida 105.1014:08.623:00:19.6Pdiff
Washington, D.C. 109.5514:28.323:00:39.3Pdiff
Ottawa, Canada 110.9114:34.423:00:45.4Pdiff
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 111.0714:35.123:00:46.1Pdiff
New York, New York 112.0014:39.223:00:50.2Pdiff
Boston, Massachusetts 114.2214:49.123:01:00.1Pdiff
Bangor, Maine 115.8414:56.323:01:07.3Pdiff
San Juan, Puerto Rico 116.7415:00.323:01:11.3Pdiff
Moscow, Russia 131.1616:04.323:02:15.3Pdiff
Bergen, Norway 135.5216:23.623:02:34.6Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 140.1216:44.123:02:55.1Pdiff
London, England 144.5717:03.823:03:14.8Pdiff
Rome, Italy 152.1619:50.723:06:01.7PKPdf

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