Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 1.8 MAINE
Friday, February 08, 2013 at 04:51:45 UTC

Theoretical P-wave Travel Times

Theoretical P-wave Travel Times

These maps show 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
Bangor, Maine 0.84 0:16.1 0:06:38.1Pg
Boston, Massachusetts 2.22 0:37.5 0:06:59.5Pn
Ottawa, Canada 4.39 1:07.2 0:07:29.2Pn
New York, New York 4.80 1:12.9 0:07:34.9Pn
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 5.95 1:28.7 0:07:50.7Pn
Washington, D.C. 7.70 1:52.8 0:08:14.8Pn
Knoxville, Tennessee 14.45 3:25.1 0:09:47.1Pn
Duluth, Minnesota 15.89 3:44.4 0:10:06.4Pn
St. Louis, Missouri 16.36 3:50.4 0:10:12.4Pn
Miami, Florida 20.37 4:37.4 0:10:59.4P
Wichita, Kansas 21.76 4:52.4 0:11:14.4P
San Juan, Puerto Rico 25.95 5:33.3 0:11:55.3P
Golden, Colorado 26.60 5:39.2 0:12:01.2P
Brownsville, Texas 29.01 6:00.7 0:12:22.7P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 29.64 6:06.3 0:12:28.3P
Phoenix, Arizona 34.35 6:47.6 0:13:09.6P
Mexico City, Mexico 34.91 6:52.4 0:13:14.4P
Seattle, Washington 36.07 7:02.4 0:13:24.4P
Los Angeles, California 38.47 7:22.8 0:13:44.8P
San Francisco, California 39.69 7:32.9 0:13:54.9P
London, England 45.57 8:20.7 0:14:42.7P
Bergen, Norway 45.88 8:23.2 0:14:45.2P
Anchorage, Alaska 48.03 8:40.0 0:15:02.0P
Lima, Peru 56.54 9:43.3 0:16:05.3P
Rome, Italy 57.62 9:50.9 0:16:12.9P
Moscow, Russia 63.0810:28.4 0:16:50.4P
Honolulu, Hawaii 74.1011:37.2 0:17:59.2P
Beijing, China 95.9613:27.9 0:19:49.9P
Tokyo, Japan 96.0013:28.1 0:19:50.1P
Nairobi, Kenya 102.7213:58.0 0:20:20.0Pdiff
Kathmandu, Nepal 104.7814:07.2 0:20:29.2Pdiff
Palmer Station, Antarctica 111.8514:38.5 0:21:00.5Pdiff
Agana, Guam 114.4814:50.2 0:21:12.2Pdiff
Wellington, New Zealand 133.6616:15.3 0:22:37.3Pdiff
Brisbane, Australia 142.0016:52.4 0:23:14.4Pdiff

Travel Time Information and Calculator

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