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Magnitude 4.5 OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA

Thursday, May 08, 2008 at 16:49:49 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 19.07 4:21.716:54:10.7P
Lima, Peru 19.09 4:21.916:54:10.9P
Miami, Florida 23.54 5:09.716:54:58.7P
Brownsville, Texas 24.00 5:13.916:55:02.9P
San Juan, Puerto Rico 26.39 5:35.616:55:24.6P
Knoxville, Tennessee 32.48 6:29.716:56:18.7P
St. Louis, Missouri 35.10 6:52.416:56:41.4P
Wichita, Kansas 35.14 6:52.716:56:41.7P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 35.76 6:58.116:56:47.1P
Washington, D.C. 36.76 7:06.616:56:55.6P
Phoenix, Arizona 37.17 7:10.116:56:59.1P
Philadephia, Pennsylvania 38.25 7:19.316:57:08.3P
Golden, Colorado 39.24 7:27.516:57:16.5P
New York, New York 39.29 7:28.016:57:17.0P
Los Angeles, California 41.26 7:44.216:57:33.2P
Boston, Massachusetts 41.68 7:47.716:57:36.7P
Ottawa, Canada 43.25 8:00.416:57:49.4P
Duluth, Minnesota 43.26 8:00.616:57:49.6P
Bangor, Maine 44.65 8:11.716:58:00.7P
San Francisco, California 46.24 8:24.316:58:13.3P
Seattle, Washington 52.97 9:15.716:59:04.7P
Honolulu, Hawaii 69.6511:08.717:00:57.7P
Palmer Station, Antarctica 73.0811:29.417:01:18.4P
Anchorage, Alaska 73.6011:32.517:01:21.5P
London, England 86.2012:40.617:02:29.6P
Bergen, Norway 88.8612:53.417:02:42.4P
Rome, Italy 95.7813:25.317:03:14.3P
Wellington, New Zealand 97.4213:32.717:03:21.7P
Moscow, Russia 106.4414:12.717:04:01.7Pdiff
Brisbane, Australia 116.9114:59.217:04:48.2Pdiff
Tokyo, Japan 120.5515:15.317:05:04.3Pdiff
Agana, Guam 124.7015:33.817:05:22.8Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 125.1915:36.017:05:25.0Pdiff
Beijing, China 131.2216:02.717:05:51.7Pdiff
Kathmandu, Nepal 148.4519:41.617:09:30.6PKPdf

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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