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Magnitude 4.7 CENTRAL EAST PACIFIC RISE

Friday, March 21, 2008 at 20:36:14 UTC

Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

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
Mexico City, Mexico 28.02 5:51.120:42:15.1P
Lima, Peru 31.54 6:22.320:42:46.3P
Brownsville, Texas 34.60 6:49.020:43:13.0P
Phoenix, Arizona 40.51 7:38.920:44:02.9P
Los Angeles, California 41.97 7:51.020:44:15.0P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 42.05 7:51.620:44:15.6P
Miami, Florida 42.87 7:58.320:44:22.3P
Wichita, Kansas 45.92 8:22.720:44:46.7P
San Francisco, California 46.50 8:27.320:44:51.3P
Golden, Colorado 46.78 8:29.420:44:53.4P
Knoxville, Tennessee 48.24 8:40.820:45:04.8P
St. Louis, Missouri 48.70 8:44.320:45:08.3P
San Juan, Puerto Rico 49.09 8:47.320:45:11.3P
Washington, D.C. 54.41 9:27.120:45:51.1P
Duluth, Minnesota 55.64 9:36.020:46:00.0P
Honolulu, Hawaii 55.92 9:38.020:46:02.0P
Seattle, Washington 56.03 9:38.820:46:02.8P
Philadephia, Pennsylvania 56.16 9:39.720:46:03.7P
New York, New York 57.31 9:48.020:46:12.0P
Boston, Massachusetts 60.0010:06.720:46:30.7P
Ottawa, Canada 60.0910:07.320:46:31.3P
Bangor, Maine 62.9310:26.520:46:50.5P
Palmer Station, Antarctica 67.4710:56.020:47:20.0P
Wellington, New Zealand 75.2111:42.820:48:06.8P
Anchorage, Alaska 75.3511:43.620:48:07.6P
Brisbane, Australia 94.0613:18.420:49:42.4P
London, England 107.0714:16.520:50:40.5Pdiff
Agana, Guam 107.7114:19.320:50:43.3Pdiff
Bergen, Norway 107.9414:20.320:50:44.3Pdiff
Tokyo, Japan 111.6614:36.820:51:00.8Pdiff
Rome, Italy 117.7715:04.020:51:28.0Pdiff
Moscow, Russia 124.7015:34.720:51:58.7Pdiff
Beijing, China 128.1615:50.120:52:14.1Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 144.5717:02.920:53:26.9Pdiff
Kathmandu, Nepal 155.6519:53.320:56:17.3PKPdf

Travel Time Information and Calculator

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


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