Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 4.7 FIJI REGION
Tuesday, November 09, 2010 at 02:44:11 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 24.13 4:34.1 2:48:45.1P
Brisbane, Australia 27.70 5:05.5 2:49:16.5P
Honolulu, Hawaii 43.90 7:19.5 2:51:30.5P
Agana, Guam 47.42 7:46.4 2:51:57.4P
Tokyo, Japan 65.99 9:54.0 2:54:05.0P
San Francisco, California 76.5010:55.6 2:55:06.6P
Los Angeles, California 77.2910:59.9 2:55:10.9P
Phoenix, Arizona 81.4611:21.9 2:55:32.9P
Anchorage, Alaska 81.9911:24.6 2:55:35.6P
Seattle, Washington 82.4511:26.9 2:55:37.9P
Palmer Station, Antarctica 82.6911:28.1 2:55:39.1P
Beijing, China 83.1011:30.2 2:55:41.2P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 86.2211:45.4 2:55:56.4P
Mexico City, Mexico 86.4811:46.6 2:55:57.6P
Golden, Colorado 89.1711:59.2 2:56:10.2P
Brownsville, Texas 90.1212:03.5 2:56:14.5P
Wichita, Kansas 94.1712:22.1 2:56:33.1P
Lima, Peru 97.3412:36.2 2:56:47.2Pdiff
St. Louis, Missouri 99.7712:47.0 2:56:58.0Pdiff
Duluth, Minnesota 100.4512:50.0 2:57:01.0Pdiff
Kathmandu, Nepal 103.0413:01.5 2:57:12.5Pdiff
Knoxville, Tennessee 103.0813:01.7 2:57:12.7Pdiff
Miami, Florida 105.0813:10.6 2:57:21.6Pdiff
Washington, D.C. 109.9513:32.2 2:57:43.2Pdiff
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 111.5113:39.1 2:57:50.1Pdiff
Ottawa, Canada 111.5313:39.2 2:57:50.2Pdiff
New York, New York 112.4513:43.3 2:57:54.3Pdiff
Boston, Massachusetts 114.7313:53.4 2:58:04.4Pdiff
San Juan, Puerto Rico 116.4014:00.8 2:58:11.8Pdiff
Bangor, Maine 116.4414:01.0 2:58:12.0Pdiff
Moscow, Russia 133.0215:14.6 2:59:25.6Pdiff
Bergen, Norway 137.2715:33.4 2:59:44.4Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 140.1215:46.1 2:59:57.1Pdiff
London, England 146.2618:39.6 3:02:50.6PKPdf
Rome, Italy 154.0118:51.9 3:03:02.9PKPdf

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