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Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 6.5 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Friday, December 02, 2005 at 13:13:09 UTC

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

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
Tokyo, Japan 3.09 0:46.313:13:58.3Pn
Beijing, China 20.03 4:28.613:17:40.6P
Agana, Guam 24.65 5:15.813:18:27.8P
Anchorage, Alaska 47.08 8:26.613:21:38.6P
Kathmandu, Nepal 48.16 8:34.913:21:46.9P
Honolulu, Hawaii 53.89 9:18.013:22:30.0P
Brisbane, Australia 66.0510:41.413:23:53.4P
Seattle, Washington 66.2810:42.913:23:54.9P
Moscow, Russia 66.6910:45.513:23:57.5P
San Francisco, California 71.6211:16.113:24:28.1P
Bergen, Norway 75.6611:39.813:24:51.8P
Los Angeles, California 76.5411:44.813:24:56.8P
Golden, Colorado 80.9812:09.213:25:21.2P
Duluth, Minnesota 82.5612:17.513:25:29.5P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 83.2812:21.213:25:33.2P
Wellington, New Zealand 84.4512:27.213:25:39.2P
London, England 84.8612:29.213:25:41.2P
Wichita, Kansas 86.7312:38.513:25:50.5P
Rome, Italy 88.1112:45.113:25:57.1P
St. Louis, Missouri 89.7012:52.513:26:04.5P
Ottawa, Canada 90.1512:54.613:26:06.6P
Bangor, Maine 92.9013:07.313:26:19.3P
Knoxville, Tennessee 94.3113:13.813:26:25.8P
Boston, Massachusetts 94.4313:14.313:26:26.3P
New York, New York 94.8813:16.413:26:28.4P
Philadephia, Pennsylvania 95.1413:17.613:26:29.6P
Brownsville, Texas 95.3013:18.313:26:30.3P
Washington, D.C. 95.3413:18.513:26:30.5P
Mexico City, Mexico 98.9013:34.413:26:46.4Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 102.8013:51.813:27:03.8Pdiff
Miami, Florida 105.1014:02.013:27:14.0Pdiff
San Juan, Puerto Rico 117.7714:58.213:28:10.2Pdiff
Lima, Peru 136.5716:21.613:29:33.6Pdiff
Palmer Station, Antarctica 146.9019:34.113:32:46.1PKPdf

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