Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 5.1 SOUTH OF PANAMA
Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 03:45:46 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
Miami, Florida 18.28 4:14.1 3:50:00.1Pn
San Juan, Puerto Rico 19.51 4:27.7 3:50:13.7P
Mexico City, Mexico 19.79 4:30.8 3:50:16.8P
Lima, Peru 20.34 4:36.7 3:50:22.7P
Brownsville, Texas 23.01 5:05.4 3:50:51.4P
Knoxville, Tennessee 28.35 5:54.5 3:51:40.5P
Washington, D.C. 31.63 6:23.6 3:52:09.6P
St. Louis, Missouri 31.70 6:24.1 3:52:10.1P
Wichita, Kansas 32.84 6:34.1 3:52:20.1P
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 32.98 6:35.3 3:52:21.3P
New York, New York 33.94 6:43.7 3:52:29.7P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 35.07 6:53.5 3:52:39.5P
Boston, Massachusetts 36.15 7:02.7 3:52:48.7P
Phoenix, Arizona 37.38 7:13.2 3:52:59.2P
Golden, Colorado 37.83 7:17.0 3:53:03.0P
Ottawa, Canada 38.22 7:20.3 3:53:06.3P
Bangor, Maine 39.06 7:27.3 3:53:13.3P
Duluth, Minnesota 39.88 7:34.1 3:53:20.1P
Los Angeles, California 41.99 7:51.5 3:53:37.5P
San Francisco, California 46.79 8:29.9 3:54:15.9P
Seattle, Washington 52.27 9:11.8 3:54:57.8P
Anchorage, Alaska 72.4911:27.3 3:57:13.3P
Honolulu, Hawaii 73.4011:32.7 3:57:18.7P
Palmer Station, Antarctica 76.3211:49.6 3:57:35.6P
London, England 79.5512:07.6 3:57:53.6P
Bergen, Norway 82.5612:23.6 3:58:09.6P
Rome, Italy 88.9412:55.2 3:58:41.2P
Moscow, Russia 100.1813:46.4 3:59:32.4Pdiff
Wellington, New Zealand 104.2714:04.5 3:59:50.5Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 119.5315:12.2 4:00:58.2Pdiff
Tokyo, Japan 121.2715:20.0 4:01:06.0Pdiff
Brisbane, Australia 123.7215:30.8 4:01:16.8Pdiff
Agana, Guam 128.3915:51.6 4:01:37.6Pdiff
Beijing, China 129.5415:56.7 4:01:42.7Pdiff
Kathmandu, Nepal 143.1216:57.0 4:02:43.0Pdiff

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