Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 4.8 MINAHASA, SULAWESI, INDONESIA
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at 22:05:58 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
Agana, Guam 25.79 5:28.922:11:26.9P
Tokyo, Japan 37.99 7:15.722:13:13.7P
Beijing, China 38.61 7:20.922:13:18.9P
Brisbane, Australia 41.65 7:46.122:13:44.1P
Kathmandu, Nepal 43.51 8:01.222:13:59.2P
Wellington, New Zealand 64.1410:32.222:16:30.2P
Honolulu, Hawaii 80.6312:10.622:18:08.6P
Nairobi, Kenya 84.8712:32.622:18:30.6P
Moscow, Russia 85.4312:35.422:18:33.4P
Anchorage, Alaska 88.0112:47.922:18:45.9P
Bergen, Norway 101.4813:49.222:19:47.2Pdiff
Rome, Italy 103.2313:57.022:19:55.0Pdiff
Seattle, Washington 106.1114:09.822:20:07.8Pdiff
London, England 108.0914:18.622:20:16.6Pdiff
San Francisco, California 109.3414:24.122:20:22.1Pdiff
Palmer Station, Antarctica 113.6614:43.322:20:41.3Pdiff
Los Angeles, California 113.7314:43.622:20:41.6Pdiff
Phoenix, Arizona 118.7415:05.922:21:03.9Pdiff
Golden, Colorado 120.7515:14.822:21:12.8Pdiff
Albuquerque, New Mexico 122.1015:20.822:21:18.8Pdiff
Duluth, Minnesota 123.5815:27.422:21:25.4Pdiff
Wichita, Kansas 126.9215:42.222:21:40.2Pdiff
St. Louis, Missouri 130.4715:57.922:21:55.9Pdiff
Ottawa, Canada 130.8815:59.822:21:57.8Pdiff
Bangor, Maine 133.0616:09.422:22:07.4Pdiff
Brownsville, Texas 133.4316:11.122:22:09.1Pdiff
Mexico City, Mexico 134.8916:17.622:22:15.6Pdiff
Boston, Massachusetts 134.9516:17.822:22:15.8Pdiff
Knoxville, Tennessee 135.1916:18.922:22:16.9Pdiff
New York, New York 135.7016:21.222:22:19.2Pdiff
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 136.0416:22.722:22:20.7Pdiff
Washington, D.C. 136.3516:24.022:22:22.0Pdiff
Miami, Florida 145.7019:35.722:25:33.7PKPbc
Lima, Peru 158.6219:56.422:25:54.4PKPdf
San Juan, Puerto Rico 158.7919:56.622:25:54.6PKPdf

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