Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 3.9 JAMAICA REGION
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 04:59:45 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
Miami, Florida 7.78 1:53.211:12:02.2Pn
San Juan, Puerto Rico 11.27 2:41.111:12:50.1Pn
Knoxville, Tennessee 18.76 4:19.211:14:28.2P
Brownsville, Texas 19.61 4:28.411:14:37.4P
Mexico City, Mexico 20.07 4:33.511:14:42.5P
Washington, D.C. 20.62 4:39.411:14:48.4P
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 21.79 4:52.111:15:01.1P
New York, New York 22.68 5:01.511:15:10.5P
St. Louis, Missouri 23.00 5:04.911:15:13.9P
Boston, Massachusetts 24.75 5:21.611:15:30.6P
Wichita, Kansas 25.80 5:31.211:15:40.2P
Ottawa, Canada 27.18 5:43.711:15:52.7P
Bangor, Maine 27.60 5:47.411:15:56.4P
Lima, Peru 30.14 6:10.011:16:19.0P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 30.46 6:12.811:16:21.8P
Duluth, Minnesota 30.76 6:15.411:16:24.4P
Golden, Colorado 31.82 6:24.811:16:33.8P
Phoenix, Arizona 34.03 6:44.111:16:53.1P
Los Angeles, California 39.14 7:27.611:17:36.6P
San Francisco, California 43.32 8:01.911:18:10.9P
Seattle, Washington 46.53 8:27.511:18:36.5P
Anchorage, Alaska 65.4910:43.311:20:52.3P
London, England 68.4211:02.011:21:11.0P
Bergen, Norway 71.0611:18.311:21:27.3P
Honolulu, Hawaii 74.4111:38.211:21:47.2P
Rome, Italy 78.4412:01.011:22:10.0P
Palmer Station, Antarctica 86.3512:42.311:22:51.3P
Moscow, Russia 88.6712:53.511:23:02.5P
Nairobi, Kenya 113.9514:47.011:24:56.0Pdiff
Wellington, New Zealand 114.6014:49.911:24:58.9Pdiff
Tokyo, Japan 115.5714:54.211:25:03.2Pdiff
Beijing, China 120.6315:16.611:25:25.6Pdiff
Agana, Guam 127.3815:46.611:25:55.6Pdiff
Kathmandu, Nepal 131.5816:05.311:26:14.3Pdiff
Brisbane, Australia 132.3816:08.811:26:17.8Pdiff

Travel Time Information and Calculator

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