Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 4.9 FIJI REGION
Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 18:48:00 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
Wellington, New Zealand 20.59 4:01.318:52:01.3P
Brisbane, Australia 26.35 4:52.618:52:52.6P
Honolulu, Hawaii 47.10 7:42.518:55:42.5P
Agana, Guam 49.78 8:02.418:56:02.4P
Tokyo, Japan 68.9710:10.518:58:10.5P
San Francisco, California 79.1611:08.118:59:08.1P
Palmer Station, Antarctica 79.2711:08.718:59:08.7P
Los Angeles, California 79.7111:11.018:59:11.0P
Phoenix, Arizona 83.7311:31.418:59:31.4P
Seattle, Washington 85.4311:39.818:59:39.8P
Anchorage, Alaska 85.5211:40.118:59:40.1P
Beijing, China 85.7311:41.218:59:41.2P
Mexico City, Mexico 87.7911:50.818:59:50.8P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 88.4611:54.018:59:54.0P
Golden, Colorado 91.5912:08.419:00:08.4P
Brownsville, Texas 91.7412:09.119:00:09.1P
Lima, Peru 96.3412:29.919:00:29.9P
Wichita, Kansas 96.3912:30.119:00:30.1P
St. Louis, Missouri 101.9412:54.719:00:54.7Pdiff
Duluth, Minnesota 103.0212:59.519:00:59.5Pdiff
Kathmandu, Nepal 104.5913:06.519:01:06.5Pdiff
Knoxville, Tennessee 105.0513:08.519:01:08.5Pdiff
Miami, Florida 106.4113:14.619:01:14.6Pdiff
Washington, D.C. 112.0113:39.419:01:39.4Pdiff
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 113.6213:46.519:01:46.5Pdiff
Ottawa, Canada 113.9413:48.019:01:48.0Pdiff
New York, New York 114.6013:50.919:01:50.9Pdiff
Boston, Massachusetts 116.9614:01.419:02:01.4Pdiff
San Juan, Puerto Rico 117.0714:01.919:02:01.9Pdiff
Bangor, Maine 118.8014:09.519:02:09.5Pdiff
Moscow, Russia 136.2415:27.019:03:27.0Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 138.5315:37.119:03:37.1Pdiff
Bergen, Norway 140.9015:47.719:03:47.7Pdiff
London, England 149.9018:43.519:06:43.5PKPdf
Rome, Italy 157.4318:54.519:06:54.5PKPdf

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