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Magnitude 4.6 TONGA

Wednesday, July 04, 2007 at 23:54:05 UTC

Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

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 22.63 4:57.523:59:02.5P
Brisbane, Australia 31.48 6:18.0 0:00:23.0P
Honolulu, Hawaii 44.66 8:08.8 0:02:13.8P
Agana, Guam 53.74 9:18.2 0:03:23.2P
Tokyo, Japan 71.9211:19.3 0:05:24.3P
San Francisco, California 75.4511:40.1 0:05:45.1P
Los Angeles, California 75.6811:41.4 0:05:46.4P
Palmer Station, Antarctica 77.6511:52.5 0:05:57.5P
Phoenix, Arizona 79.4912:02.6 0:06:07.6P
Seattle, Washington 82.2712:17.4 0:06:22.4P
Mexico City, Mexico 82.7712:20.1 0:06:25.1P
Anchorage, Alaska 84.0712:26.7 0:06:31.7P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 84.1712:27.2 0:06:32.2P
Brownsville, Texas 86.9112:40.8 0:06:45.8P
Golden, Colorado 87.5112:43.7 0:06:48.7P
Beijing, China 89.2912:52.1 0:06:57.1P
Lima, Peru 91.2813:01.4 0:07:06.4P
Wichita, Kansas 92.0513:04.9 0:07:10.0P
St. Louis, Missouri 97.5413:29.9 0:07:34.9P
Duluth, Minnesota 99.0913:36.8 0:07:41.8Pdiff
Knoxville, Tennessee 100.4613:42.9 0:07:47.9Pdiff
Miami, Florida 101.3913:47.0 0:07:52.0Pdiff
Washington, D.C. 107.4814:14.0 0:08:19.0Pdiff
Philadephia, Pennsylvania 109.1214:21.3 0:08:26.3Pdiff
Kathmandu, Nepal 109.3314:22.2 0:08:27.2Pdiff
Ottawa, Canada 109.7614:24.2 0:08:29.2Pdiff
New York, New York 110.1414:25.8 0:08:30.8Pdiff
San Juan, Puerto Rico 111.8114:33.2 0:08:38.2Pdiff
Boston, Massachusetts 112.5714:36.6 0:08:41.6Pdiff
Bangor, Maine 114.5514:45.4 0:08:50.4Pdiff
Moscow, Russia 138.4116:31.3 0:10:36.4Pdiff
Bergen, Norway 140.6816:41.4 0:10:46.4Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 143.2516:52.8 0:10:57.8Pdiff
London, England 149.1019:39.2 0:13:44.2PKPdf
Rome, Italy 158.6919:52.8 0:13:57.8PKPdf

Travel Time Information and Calculator

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

 


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