Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 4.5 GUERRERO, MEXICO
Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 16:17:18 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
Mexico City, Mexico 2.62 0:40.310:26:04.3Pn
Brownsville, Texas 8.94 2:07.210:27:31.2Pn
Miami, Florida 18.96 4:18.810:29:42.8P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 19.56 4:25.410:29:49.4P
Phoenix, Arizona 20.62 4:37.010:30:01.0P
Wichita, Kansas 20.76 4:38.510:30:02.5P
Knoxville, Tennessee 22.22 4:54.110:30:18.1P
St. Louis, Missouri 22.75 4:59.710:30:23.7P
Golden, Colorado 23.52 5:07.710:30:31.7P
Los Angeles, California 24.75 5:18.910:30:42.9P
Washington, D.C. 28.66 5:54.210:31:18.2P
San Francisco, California 29.71 6:03.510:31:27.5P
Duluth, Minnesota 30.15 6:07.410:31:31.4P
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 30.44 6:10.010:31:34.0P
San Juan, Puerto Rico 30.60 6:11.410:31:35.4P
New York, New York 31.61 6:20.310:31:44.3P
Ottawa, Canada 34.07 6:41.710:32:05.7P
Boston, Massachusetts 34.33 6:44.010:32:08.0P
Lima, Peru 35.65 6:55.310:32:19.3P
Seattle, Washington 36.58 7:03.210:32:27.2P
Bangor, Maine 37.19 7:08.510:32:32.5P
Honolulu, Hawaii 56.20 9:37.210:35:01.2P
Anchorage, Alaska 57.26 9:44.810:35:08.8P
London, England 81.8412:16.410:37:40.4P
Bergen, Norway 81.9712:17.110:37:41.1P
Palmer Station, Antarctica 88.0812:47.710:38:11.7P
Rome, Italy 93.4713:12.710:38:36.7P
Moscow, Russia 98.6413:36.010:39:00.0Pdiff
Wellington, New Zealand 98.7613:36.610:39:00.6Pdiff
Tokyo, Japan 104.1914:00.710:39:24.7Pdiff
Agana, Guam 110.8514:30.310:39:54.3Pdiff
Brisbane, Australia 113.9814:44.210:40:08.2Pdiff
Beijing, China 114.8614:48.110:40:12.1Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 133.1516:09.310:41:33.3Pdiff
Kathmandu, Nepal 135.5016:19.710:41:43.7Pdiff

Travel Time Information and Calculator

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