Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 5.5 SOUTHEASTERN SAKHA, RUSSIA
Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 11:47:25 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
Anchorage, Alaska 27.96 5:50.610:54:37.6P
Tokyo, Japan 29.50 6:04.410:54:51.4P
Beijing, China 30.45 6:12.710:54:59.7P
Moscow, Russia 48.12 8:39.910:57:26.9P
Seattle, Washington 48.55 8:43.210:57:30.2P
Agana, Guam 51.33 9:04.410:57:51.4P
Bergen, Norway 51.75 9:07.510:57:54.5P
Kathmandu, Nepal 53.11 9:17.610:58:04.6P
Honolulu, Hawaii 56.51 9:42.210:58:29.2P
San Francisco, California 56.95 9:45.410:58:32.4P
Duluth, Minnesota 59.7510:05.010:58:52.0P
London, England 61.1710:14.710:59:01.7P
Golden, Colorado 61.8010:18.910:59:05.9P
Los Angeles, California 61.8610:19.310:59:06.3P
Phoenix, Arizona 64.8210:39.010:59:26.0P
Ottawa, Canada 65.2310:41.710:59:28.7P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 65.4310:42.910:59:29.9P
Wichita, Kansas 66.2810:48.410:59:35.4P
Bangor, Maine 67.2610:54.710:59:41.7P
Rome, Italy 67.7110:57.510:59:44.5P
St. Louis, Missouri 67.7110:57.510:59:44.5P
Boston, Massachusetts 69.1711:06.710:59:53.7P
New York, New York 70.0911:12.410:59:59.4P
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 70.5511:15.211:00:02.2P
Washington, D.C. 71.1111:18.611:00:05.6P
Knoxville, Tennessee 71.7311:22.311:00:09.3P
Brownsville, Texas 77.0411:53.211:00:40.2P
Mexico City, Mexico 82.3612:22.111:01:09.1P
Miami, Florida 82.7212:24.011:01:11.0P
Brisbane, Australia 92.1713:09.711:01:56.7P
San Juan, Puerto Rico 93.2413:14.711:02:01.7P
Nairobi, Kenya 99.4613:42.711:02:29.7Pdiff
Wellington, New Zealand 108.0814:20.911:03:07.9Pdiff
Lima, Peru 119.4015:11.211:03:58.2Pdiff
Palmer Station, Antarctica 167.4320:07.911:08:54.9PKPdf

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