Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 4.7 SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
Sunday, November 04, 2012 at 17:07:06 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 17.62 3:42.717:10:48.7P
Brisbane, Australia 25.26 4:55.317:12:01.3P
Honolulu, Hawaii 49.89 8:18.617:15:24.6P
Agana, Guam 51.58 8:31.117:15:37.1P
Tokyo, Japan 71.2710:41.817:17:47.8P
Palmer Station, Antarctica 76.5611:12.117:18:18.1P
San Francisco, California 81.5611:39.017:18:45.0P
Los Angeles, California 81.9511:41.017:18:47.0P
Phoenix, Arizona 85.8412:00.417:19:06.4P
Beijing, China 87.7012:09.317:19:15.3P
Seattle, Washington 88.0612:10.917:19:16.9P
Anchorage, Alaska 88.4912:13.017:19:19.0P
Mexico City, Mexico 89.1512:16.017:19:22.0P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 90.5412:22.517:19:28.5P
Brownsville, Texas 93.3412:35.317:19:41.3P
Golden, Colorado 93.8012:37.417:19:43.4P
Lima, Peru 95.7812:46.417:19:52.4P
Wichita, Kansas 98.4312:58.217:20:04.2Pdiff
St. Louis, Missouri 103.9413:22.617:20:28.6Pdiff
Duluth, Minnesota 105.3313:28.817:20:34.8Pdiff
Kathmandu, Nepal 105.5713:29.917:20:35.9Pdiff
Knoxville, Tennessee 106.8913:35.717:20:41.7Pdiff
Miami, Florida 107.7513:39.517:20:45.5Pdiff
Washington, D.C. 113.9114:06.917:21:12.9Pdiff
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 115.5514:14.217:21:20.2Pdiff
Ottawa, Canada 116.1014:16.617:21:22.6Pdiff
New York, New York 116.5614:18.617:21:24.6Pdiff
San Juan, Puerto Rico 117.8414:24.317:21:30.3Pdiff
Boston, Massachusetts 118.9714:29.417:21:35.4Pdiff
Bangor, Maine 120.9114:38.017:21:44.0Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 136.8115:48.617:22:54.6Pdiff
Moscow, Russia 138.7015:57.017:23:02.9Pdiff
Bergen, Norway 143.8816:19.917:23:25.9Pdiff
London, England 152.9019:08.817:26:14.8PKPdf
Rome, Italy 160.0519:18.417:26:24.4PKPdf

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