Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 4.7 NEAR ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
Wednesday, March 06, 2013 at 14:46:36 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
Anchorage, Alaska 23.38 5:08.2 3:36:17.2P
Tokyo, Japan 27.25 5:43.5 3:36:52.5P
Beijing, China 38.68 7:22.9 3:38:31.9P
Honolulu, Hawaii 39.08 7:26.3 3:38:35.3P
Seattle, Washington 42.11 7:51.3 3:39:00.3P
Agana, Guam 43.55 8:03.0 3:39:12.0P
San Francisco, California 47.90 8:37.4 3:39:46.4P
Los Angeles, California 52.90 9:15.2 3:40:24.2P
Golden, Colorado 56.80 9:43.5 3:40:52.5P
Phoenix, Arizona 57.06 9:45.3 3:40:54.3P
Duluth, Minnesota 58.97 9:58.8 3:41:07.8P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 59.1710:00.1 3:41:09.1P
Wichita, Kansas 62.5910:23.5 3:41:32.5P
St. Louis, Missouri 65.7610:44.3 3:41:53.3P
Kathmandu, Nepal 65.9210:45.3 3:41:54.3P
Moscow, Russia 65.9210:45.3 3:41:54.3P
Bergen, Norway 67.5110:55.5 3:42:04.5P
Ottawa, Canada 67.6110:56.1 3:42:05.1P
Knoxville, Tennessee 70.4711:13.9 3:42:22.9P
Bangor, Maine 71.0111:17.2 3:42:26.2P
Brownsville, Texas 71.2211:18.4 3:42:27.4P
Boston, Massachusetts 72.0811:23.6 3:42:32.6P
New York, New York 72.1211:23.8 3:42:32.8P
Washington, D.C. 72.1911:24.2 3:42:33.2P
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 72.2111:24.4 3:42:33.4P
Mexico City, Mexico 75.1411:41.6 3:42:50.6P
London, England 76.7511:50.8 3:42:59.8P
Brisbane, Australia 80.4812:11.4 3:43:20.4P
Miami, Florida 81.1012:14.7 3:43:23.7P
Rome, Italy 84.7412:33.5 3:43:42.5P
Wellington, New Zealand 92.8113:11.8 3:44:20.8P
San Juan, Puerto Rico 94.3713:19.0 3:44:28.0P
Lima, Peru 113.2214:42.9 3:45:51.9Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 116.5114:57.5 3:46:06.5Pdiff
Palmer Station, Antarctica 149.5319:44.7 3:50:53.7PKPdf

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