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 19.85 4:31.111:22:47.1P
London, England 20.63 4:39.511:22:55.5P
Bangor, Maine 25.22 5:25.911:23:41.9P
Boston, Massachusetts 28.18 5:52.511:24:08.5P
Ottawa, Canada 28.28 5:53.411:24:09.4P
New York, New York 30.83 6:16.111:24:32.1P
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 31.99 6:26.211:24:42.2P
Rome, Italy 33.48 6:39.311:24:55.3P
Washington, D.C. 33.73 6:41.411:24:57.4P
Duluth, Minnesota 35.89 7:00.111:25:16.1P
Moscow, Russia 37.26 7:11.711:25:27.7P
Knoxville, Tennessee 40.09 7:35.511:25:51.5P
St. Louis, Missouri 40.62 7:39.911:25:55.9P
Wichita, Kansas 44.97 8:15.211:26:31.2P
Miami, Florida 45.97 8:23.111:26:39.1P
San Juan, Puerto Rico 46.56 8:27.811:26:43.8P
Golden, Colorado 47.55 8:35.511:26:51.5P
Seattle, Washington 49.98 8:54.211:27:10.2P
Anchorage, Alaska 50.27 8:56.311:27:12.3P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 51.84 9:08.211:27:24.2P
Brownsville, Texas 54.43 9:27.311:27:43.3P
Phoenix, Arizona 55.92 9:38.011:27:54.0P
San Francisco, California 57.69 9:50.611:28:06.6P
Los Angeles, California 58.57 9:56.811:28:12.8P
Mexico City, Mexico 60.6510:11.211:28:27.2P
Beijing, China 78.5712:01.811:30:17.8P
Lima, Peru 78.7912:03.011:30:19.0P
Kathmandu, Nepal 80.3212:11.311:30:27.3P
Nairobi, Kenya 81.4212:17.211:30:33.2P
Tokyo, Japan 85.6512:38.911:30:54.9P
Honolulu, Hawaii 87.6412:48.611:31:04.6P
Agana, Guam 107.8814:20.111:32:36.1Pdiff
Palmer Station, Antarctica 128.2515:50.511:34:06.5Pdiff
Brisbane, Australia 148.2019:43.411:37:59.4PKPdf
Wellington, New Zealand 154.6619:53.511:38:09.5PKPdf

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