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Magnitude 5.3 TONGA

Saturday, July 28, 2007 at 08:53:14 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 26.77 5:11.6 8:58:25.6P
Brisbane, Australia 31.58 5:53.8 8:59:07.8P
Honolulu, Hawaii 40.70 7:10.4 9:00:24.4P
Agana, Guam 49.08 8:16.0 9:01:30.0P
Tokyo, Japan 66.6010:17.0 9:03:31.0P
San Francisco, California 72.8410:54.9 9:04:08.9P
Los Angeles, California 73.5310:58.8 9:04:12.8P
Phoenix, Arizona 77.6511:22.1 9:04:36.1P
Seattle, Washington 79.0211:29.5 9:04:43.5P
Anchorage, Alaska 79.4211:31.7 9:04:45.7P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 82.4111:47.3 9:05:01.3P
Mexico City, Mexico 82.6311:48.5 9:05:02.5P
Palmer Station, Antarctica 83.2211:51.4 9:05:05.4P
Beijing, China 84.2211:56.5 9:05:10.5P
Golden, Colorado 85.4112:02.4 9:05:16.4P
Brownsville, Texas 86.2412:06.4 9:05:20.4P
Wichita, Kansas 90.3612:25.7 9:05:39.7P
Lima, Peru 94.5012:44.7 9:05:58.7P
St. Louis, Missouri 95.9512:51.2 9:06:05.2P
Duluth, Minnesota 96.7612:54.8 9:06:08.8P
Knoxville, Tennessee 99.2213:05.8 9:06:19.8Pdiff
Miami, Florida 101.2213:14.6 9:06:28.6Pdiff
Kathmandu, Nepal 105.3513:33.0 9:06:47.0Pdiff
Washington, D.C. 106.1113:36.4 9:06:50.4Pdiff
Philadephia, Pennsylvania 107.6713:43.3 9:06:57.3Pdiff
Ottawa, Canada 107.7713:43.8 9:06:57.8Pdiff
New York, New York 108.6313:47.5 9:07:01.5Pdiff
Boston, Massachusetts 110.9213:57.7 9:07:11.7Pdiff
San Juan, Puerto Rico 112.6614:05.4 9:07:19.4Pdiff
Bangor, Maine 112.6714:05.5 9:07:19.5Pdiff
Moscow, Russia 132.8615:35.1 9:08:49.1Pdiff
Bergen, Norway 135.5215:46.9 9:09:00.9Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 143.9916:24.5 9:09:38.5Pdiff
London, England 144.2216:25.5 9:09:39.5Pdiff
Rome, Italy 153.1919:12.1 9:12:26.1PKPdf

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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