Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 4.6 REYKJANES RIDGE
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
Bergen, Norway 19.01 4:21.810:59:27.8P
London, England 19.42 4:26.410:59:32.4P
Bangor, Maine 26.14 5:34.311:00:40.3P
Boston, Massachusetts 29.08 6:00.611:01:06.6P
Ottawa, Canada 29.32 6:02.811:01:08.8P
New York, New York 31.76 6:24.311:01:30.3P
Rome, Italy 32.25 6:28.611:01:34.6P
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 32.92 6:34.411:01:40.4P
Washington, D.C. 34.67 6:49.611:01:55.6P
Moscow, Russia 36.51 7:05.411:02:11.4P
Duluth, Minnesota 37.10 7:10.411:02:16.4P
Knoxville, Tennessee 41.11 7:43.911:02:49.9P
St. Louis, Missouri 41.73 7:49.011:02:55.0P
Wichita, Kansas 46.14 8:24.411:03:30.4P
Miami, Florida 46.78 8:29.411:03:35.4P
San Juan, Puerto Rico 46.96 8:30.911:03:36.9P
Golden, Colorado 48.78 8:45.011:03:51.0P
Seattle, Washington 51.27 9:03.911:04:09.9P
Anchorage, Alaska 51.40 9:04.811:04:10.8P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 53.05 9:17.211:04:23.2P
Brownsville, Texas 55.49 9:34.911:04:40.9P
Phoenix, Arizona 57.15 9:46.811:04:52.8P
San Francisco, California 58.97 9:59.611:05:05.6P
Los Angeles, California 59.8310:05.511:05:11.5P
Mexico City, Mexico 61.6810:18.111:05:24.1P
Beijing, China 78.6612:02.211:07:08.2P
Lima, Peru 79.1512:05.011:07:11.0P
Kathmandu, Nepal 79.7812:08.411:07:14.4P
Nairobi, Kenya 80.1512:10.411:07:16.4P
Tokyo, Japan 86.1312:41.211:07:47.2P
Honolulu, Hawaii 88.9012:54.511:08:00.5P
Agana, Guam 108.4314:22.511:09:28.5Pdiff
Palmer Station, Antarctica 127.9615:49.211:10:55.2Pdiff
Brisbane, Australia 148.9919:44.711:14:50.7PKPdf
Wellington, New Zealand 155.9419:55.411:15:01.4PKPdf

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