Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 5.3 HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
Saturday, February 02, 2013 at 07:50:24 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
Tokyo, Japan 8.77 2:04.121:36:36.1Pn
Beijing, China 22.10 4:50.221:39:22.2P
Agana, Guam 29.58 5:59.221:40:31.2P
Anchorage, Alaska 41.47 7:40.921:42:12.9P
Kathmandu, Nepal 50.53 8:52.121:43:24.1P
Honolulu, Hawaii 51.44 8:59.021:43:31.0P
Seattle, Washington 60.9110:06.621:44:38.6P
Moscow, Russia 64.2810:29.021:45:01.0P
San Francisco, California 66.6410:44.221:45:16.2P
Brisbane, Australia 70.6011:09.021:45:41.0P
Los Angeles, California 71.6011:15.021:45:47.0P
Bergen, Norway 71.8711:16.621:45:48.6P
Golden, Colorado 75.5711:38.321:46:10.3P
Phoenix, Arizona 75.8711:40.021:46:12.0P
Duluth, Minnesota 76.8811:45.821:46:17.8P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 78.0211:52.121:46:24.1P
London, England 81.2112:09.421:46:41.4P
Wichita, Kansas 81.2312:09.521:46:41.5P
St. Louis, Missouri 84.0912:24.321:46:56.3P
Ottawa, Canada 84.4412:26.121:46:58.1P
Rome, Italy 85.4812:31.321:47:03.3P
Bangor, Maine 87.2112:39.821:47:11.8P
Wellington, New Zealand 88.0212:43.621:47:15.6P
Knoxville, Tennessee 88.6612:46.721:47:18.7P
Boston, Massachusetts 88.7212:46.921:47:18.9P
New York, New York 89.1712:49.021:47:21.0P
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 89.4212:50.221:47:22.2P
Washington, D.C. 89.6312:51.221:47:23.2P
Brownsville, Texas 90.0712:53.321:47:25.3P
Mexico City, Mexico 93.9113:11.021:47:43.0P
Miami, Florida 99.4913:36.121:48:08.1Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 104.5913:58.721:48:30.7Pdiff
San Juan, Puerto Rico 112.0614:31.821:49:03.8Pdiff
Lima, Peru 131.8815:59.821:50:31.8Pdiff
Palmer Station, Antarctica 150.6719:40.421:54:12.4PKPdf

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