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Magnitude 4.6 NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE

Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 21:01:07 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
London, England 18.11 4:11.621:05:19.6Pn
Bergen, Norway 22.93 5:04.221:06:12.2P
Bangor, Maine 28.56 5:56.021:07:04.0P
Rome, Italy 28.68 5:57.021:07:05.0P
Boston, Massachusetts 31.06 6:18.121:07:26.1P
Ottawa, Canada 32.95 6:34.721:07:42.7P
New York, New York 33.74 6:41.621:07:49.6P
Philadephia, Pennsylvania 34.88 6:51.421:07:59.4P
Washington, D.C. 36.66 7:06.721:08:14.7P
Moscow, Russia 39.89 7:33.821:08:41.8P
San Juan, Puerto Rico 42.79 7:57.621:09:05.6P
Duluth, Minnesota 42.94 7:58.921:09:06.9P
Knoxville, Tennessee 43.71 8:05.121:09:13.1P
St. Louis, Missouri 45.63 8:20.421:09:28.4P
Miami, Florida 46.56 8:27.721:09:35.8P
Wichita, Kansas 50.78 9:00.221:10:08.2P
Golden, Colorado 54.68 9:29.121:10:37.1P
Brownsville, Texas 58.20 9:54.221:11:02.2P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 58.40 9:55.621:11:03.6P
Seattle, Washington 59.8110:05.421:11:13.4P
Anchorage, Alaska 62.2310:21.921:11:29.9P
Phoenix, Arizona 62.9110:26.421:11:34.4P
Mexico City, Mexico 63.7110:31.721:11:39.7P
Los Angeles, California 66.3710:49.021:11:57.0P
San Francisco, California 66.3810:49.121:11:57.1P
Nairobi, Kenya 73.8111:34.721:12:42.7P
Lima, Peru 73.9211:35.421:12:43.4P
Kathmandu, Nepal 83.8512:29.821:13:37.8P
Beijing, China 87.2612:46.821:13:54.8P
Tokyo, Japan 96.4813:29.421:14:37.4P
Honolulu, Hawaii 98.3613:37.821:14:45.8P
Palmer Station, Antarctica 118.1515:05.721:16:13.7Pdiff
Agana, Guam 118.9715:09.321:16:17.3Pdiff
Brisbane, Australia 160.0919:58.821:21:06.8PKPdf
Wellington, New Zealand 163.0220:01.921:21:09.9PKPdf

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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