Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 4.3 SERAM, INDONESIA
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 23:41:00 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 22.07 4:51.123:45:51.1P
Brisbane, Australia 32.91 6:30.023:47:30.0P
Tokyo, Japan 39.58 7:26.823:48:26.8P
Beijing, China 44.45 8:06.523:49:06.5P
Kathmandu, Nepal 52.60 9:09.323:50:09.3P
Wellington, New Zealand 55.46 9:30.123:50:30.1P
Honolulu, Hawaii 74.7111:35.223:52:35.1P
Anchorage, Alaska 87.9312:45.123:53:45.1P
Nairobi, Kenya 92.9313:08.323:54:08.3P
Moscow, Russia 93.6713:11.723:54:11.7P
Seattle, Washington 104.1813:58.723:54:58.7Pdiff
San Francisco, California 105.8514:06.123:55:06.1Pdiff
Palmer Station, Antarctica 108.7014:18.823:55:18.8Pdiff
Bergen, Norway 109.0414:20.323:55:20.3Pdiff
Los Angeles, California 109.8014:23.723:55:23.6Pdiff
Rome, Italy 112.1514:34.123:55:34.1Pdiff
Phoenix, Arizona 114.9514:46.523:55:46.5Pdiff
London, England 116.2314:52.223:55:52.2Pdiff
Golden, Colorado 118.3315:01.523:56:01.5Pdiff
Albuquerque, New Mexico 118.8415:03.823:56:03.8Pdiff
Duluth, Minnesota 123.2515:23.323:56:23.4Pdiff
Wichita, Kansas 124.7515:30.023:56:30.0Pdiff
St. Louis, Missouri 129.1015:49.323:56:49.3Pdiff
Brownsville, Texas 129.2215:49.923:56:49.9Pdiff
Mexico City, Mexico 129.4715:51.023:56:51.0Pdiff
Ottawa, Canada 132.2016:03.123:57:03.1Pdiff
Knoxville, Tennessee 133.9716:11.023:57:11.0Pdiff
Bangor, Maine 135.2816:16.823:57:16.8Pdiff
Boston, Massachusetts 136.6116:22.723:57:22.7Pdiff
Washington, D.C. 136.7016:23.123:57:23.1Pdiff
New York, New York 136.7416:23.323:57:23.3Pdiff
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 136.8216:23.623:57:23.6Pdiff
Miami, Florida 143.3516:52.623:57:52.6Pdiff
Lima, Peru 149.3619:40.2 0:00:40.2PKPdf
San Juan, Puerto Rico 158.0719:53.1 0:00:53.1PKPdf

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