Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 4.7 FIJI REGION
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 16:22:39 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
Wellington, New Zealand 22.44 4:39.9 8:09:22.9P
Brisbane, Australia 29.02 5:38.9 8:10:21.9P
Honolulu, Hawaii 44.94 7:52.3 8:12:35.3P
Agana, Guam 50.83 8:37.5 8:13:20.5P
Tokyo, Japan 69.3710:43.3 8:15:26.3P
San Francisco, California 76.6411:25.9 8:16:08.9P
Los Angeles, California 77.1211:28.5 8:16:11.5P
Palmer Station, Antarctica 79.5811:42.0 8:16:25.0P
Phoenix, Arizona 81.1011:50.0 8:16:33.0P
Seattle, Washington 83.0712:00.3 8:16:43.3P
Anchorage, Alaska 83.7712:03.8 8:16:46.8P
Mexico City, Mexico 85.1112:10.5 8:16:53.5P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 85.8212:14.0 8:16:57.0P
Beijing, China 86.5312:17.5 8:17:00.5P
Golden, Colorado 88.9912:29.1 8:17:12.1P
Brownsville, Texas 89.0512:29.3 8:17:12.3P
Wichita, Kansas 93.7512:51.0 8:17:34.0P
Lima, Peru 94.3612:53.8 8:17:36.8P
St. Louis, Missouri 99.2913:15.9 8:17:58.9Pdiff
Duluth, Minnesota 100.4613:21.1 8:18:04.1Pdiff
Knoxville, Tennessee 102.3713:29.6 8:18:12.6Pdiff
Miami, Florida 103.7413:35.6 8:18:18.6Pdiff
Kathmandu, Nepal 106.2613:46.8 8:18:29.8Pdiff
Washington, D.C. 109.3414:00.5 8:18:43.5Pdiff
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 110.9514:07.6 8:18:50.6Pdiff
Ottawa, Canada 111.3314:09.3 8:18:52.3Pdiff
New York, New York 111.9414:12.0 8:18:55.0Pdiff
Boston, Massachusetts 114.3114:22.6 8:19:05.6Pdiff
San Juan, Puerto Rico 114.4914:23.4 8:19:06.4Pdiff
Bangor, Maine 116.1714:30.8 8:19:13.8Pdiff
Moscow, Russia 136.2716:00.0 8:20:43.0Pdiff
Bergen, Norway 139.7516:15.5 8:20:58.5Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 141.2216:22.0 8:21:05.0Pdiff
London, England 148.5319:16.6 8:23:59.6PKPdf
Rome, Italy 157.0619:29.5 8:24:12.5PKPdf

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