Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 5.4 KEPULAUAN OBI, INDONESIA
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 00:02:16 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 22.79 5:00.4 0:07:16.4P
Brisbane, Australia 35.57 6:54.8 0:09:10.8P
Tokyo, Japan 38.80 7:22.2 0:09:38.2P
Beijing, China 42.50 7:52.7 0:10:08.7P
Kathmandu, Nepal 49.82 8:50.3 0:11:06.3P
Wellington, New Zealand 58.12 9:51.0 0:12:07.0P
Honolulu, Hawaii 76.4111:46.9 0:14:02.9P
Anchorage, Alaska 87.8512:46.8 0:15:02.8P
Nairobi, Kenya 90.5312:59.4 0:15:15.4P
Moscow, Russia 91.1213:02.1 0:15:18.1P
Seattle, Washington 104.7114:03.2 0:16:19.2Pdiff
Bergen, Norway 106.7014:12.1 0:16:28.1Pdiff
San Francisco, California 106.8614:12.7 0:16:28.7Pdiff
Rome, Italy 109.4214:24.1 0:16:40.1Pdiff
Palmer Station, Antarctica 110.3314:28.2 0:16:44.2Pdiff
Los Angeles, California 110.9514:30.9 0:16:46.9Pdiff
London, England 113.7314:43.2 0:16:59.2Pdiff
Phoenix, Arizona 116.0814:53.7 0:17:09.7Pdiff
Golden, Colorado 119.0515:06.9 0:17:22.9Pdiff
Albuquerque, New Mexico 119.8115:10.3 0:17:26.3Pdiff
Duluth, Minnesota 123.3515:26.0 0:17:42.0Pdiff
Wichita, Kansas 125.4215:35.1 0:17:51.1Pdiff
St. Louis, Missouri 129.5415:53.4 0:18:09.4Pdiff
Brownsville, Texas 130.5215:57.8 0:18:13.8Pdiff
Mexico City, Mexico 131.1216:00.5 0:18:16.5Pdiff
Ottawa, Canada 131.8416:03.6 0:18:19.6Pdiff
Knoxville, Tennessee 134.4016:15.0 0:18:31.0Pdiff
Bangor, Maine 134.6516:16.1 0:18:32.1Pdiff
Boston, Massachusetts 136.1716:22.9 0:18:38.9Pdiff
New York, New York 136.4916:24.3 0:18:40.3Pdiff
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 136.6516:25.0 0:18:41.0Pdiff
Washington, D.C. 136.6716:25.1 0:18:41.1Pdiff
Miami, Florida 144.1716:58.4 0:19:14.4Pdiff
Lima, Peru 152.1719:46.9 0:22:02.9PKPdf
San Juan, Puerto Rico 158.5919:56.0 0:22:12.0PKPdf

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