Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 3.6 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 08:51:02 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
San Juan, Puerto Rico 3.23 0:48.220:51:03.2Pn
Miami, Florida 11.79 2:45.320:53:00.3Pn
Washington, D.C. 20.50 4:33.020:54:48.0P
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 21.05 4:38.920:54:53.9P
Knoxville, Tennessee 21.54 4:44.120:54:59.1P
New York, New York 21.59 4:44.620:54:59.6P
Boston, Massachusetts 22.88 4:58.420:55:13.4P
Bangor, Maine 25.31 5:20.820:55:35.8P
St. Louis, Missouri 26.35 5:30.220:55:45.2P
Ottawa, Canada 26.45 5:31.120:55:46.1P
Brownsville, Texas 26.69 5:33.320:55:48.3P
Mexico City, Mexico 28.06 5:45.620:56:00.6P
Wichita, Kansas 30.41 6:06.420:56:21.4P
Lima, Peru 32.21 6:22.220:56:37.2P
Duluth, Minnesota 33.03 6:29.320:56:44.3P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 36.35 6:58.020:57:13.0P
Golden, Colorado 36.81 7:01.820:57:16.8P
Phoenix, Arizona 40.41 7:32.020:57:47.0P
Los Angeles, California 45.58 8:13.820:58:28.8P
San Francisco, California 49.35 8:43.020:58:58.0P
Seattle, Washington 51.12 8:56.420:59:11.4P
London, England 62.1510:14.821:00:29.8P
Bergen, Norway 65.7810:38.621:00:53.6P
Anchorage, Alaska 68.6210:56.621:01:11.6P
Rome, Italy 71.3911:13.621:01:28.6P
Honolulu, Hawaii 81.7512:12.121:02:27.1P
Moscow, Russia 83.3612:20.421:02:35.4P
Palmer Station, Antarctica 87.0212:38.721:02:53.7P
Nairobi, Kenya 105.7314:03.621:04:18.6Pdiff
Tokyo, Japan 118.6515:00.921:05:15.9Pdiff
Beijing, China 120.7315:10.121:05:25.1Pdiff
Wellington, New Zealand 121.8015:14.921:05:29.9Pdiff
Kathmandu, Nepal 127.1515:38.721:05:53.7Pdiff
Agana, Guam 133.1116:05.121:06:20.1Pdiff
Brisbane, Australia 140.4316:37.621:06:52.6Pdiff

Travel Time Information and Calculator

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