Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 5.0 SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS
Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 07:51:26 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 16.55 3:46.0 7:55:12.0Pn
Wellington, New Zealand 20.34 4:28.3 7:55:54.3P
Agana, Guam 42.46 7:44.9 7:59:10.9P
Honolulu, Hawaii 52.81 9:05.0 8:00:31.0P
Tokyo, Japan 63.4410:19.2 8:01:45.2P
Beijing, China 78.6711:51.2 8:03:17.2P
Palmer Station, Antarctica 82.8112:13.2 8:03:39.2P
San Francisco, California 86.5612:32.0 8:03:58.0P
Los Angeles, California 87.7412:37.7 8:04:03.7P
Anchorage, Alaska 88.3712:40.6 8:04:06.6P
Seattle, Washington 91.6812:56.1 8:04:22.1P
Phoenix, Arizona 92.1112:58.0 8:04:24.0P
Kathmandu, Nepal 95.0813:11.6 8:04:37.6P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 96.8913:19.8 8:04:45.8P
Mexico City, Mexico 97.7113:23.5 8:04:49.5P
Golden, Colorado 99.5913:31.8 8:04:57.8Pdiff
Brownsville, Texas 101.2713:39.3 8:05:05.3Pdiff
Wichita, Kansas 104.8513:55.2 8:05:21.2Pdiff
Lima, Peru 106.4014:02.0 8:05:28.0Pdiff
St. Louis, Missouri 110.4914:20.2 8:05:46.2Pdiff
Duluth, Minnesota 110.5514:20.5 8:05:46.5Pdiff
Knoxville, Tennessee 113.9814:35.7 8:06:01.7Pdiff
Miami, Florida 116.3014:46.0 8:06:12.0Pdiff
Washington, D.C. 120.7515:05.7 8:06:31.7Pdiff
Ottawa, Canada 121.8615:10.7 8:06:36.7Pdiff
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 122.2515:12.4 8:06:38.4Pdiff
New York, New York 123.1515:16.4 8:06:42.4Pdiff
Boston, Massachusetts 125.3215:26.0 8:06:52.0Pdiff
Bangor, Maine 126.8115:32.7 8:06:58.7Pdiff
San Juan, Puerto Rico 127.4915:35.7 8:07:01.7Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 128.9215:42.0 8:07:08.0Pdiff
Moscow, Russia 130.6915:49.8 8:07:15.8Pdiff
Bergen, Norway 139.4616:28.8 8:07:54.8Pdiff
London, England 148.8819:32.6 8:10:58.6PKPdf
Rome, Italy 152.0119:37.6 8:11:03.6PKPdf

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