Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times
Magnitude 5.8 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
2009 December 30 18:48:57 UTC
These maps show 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).
| City | Distance (degrees) |
Travel Time (min:secs) |
Arrival Time UTC |
Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix, Arizona | 2.80 | 0:45.2 | 18:49:42.2 | Pn |
| Los Angeles, California | 3.00 | 0:47.9 | 18:49:44.9 | Pn |
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | 7.59 | 1:51.1 | 18:50:48.1 | Pn |
| San Francisco, California | 7.93 | 1:55.7 | 18:50:52.7 | Pn |
| Golden, Colorado | 10.87 | 2:35.9 | 18:51:32.9 | Pn |
| Wichita, Kansas | 15.54 | 3:39.5 | 18:52:36.5 | Pn |
| Seattle, Washington | 16.24 | 3:48.5 | 18:52:45.5 | Pn |
| Brownsville, Texas | 16.78 | 3:55.4 | 18:52:52.4 | Pn |
| Mexico City, Mexico | 19.38 | 4:26.3 | 18:53:23.3 | P |
| St. Louis, Missouri | 21.18 | 4:46.0 | 18:53:43.0 | P |
| Duluth, Minnesota | 22.66 | 5:01.7 | 18:53:58.7 | P |
| Knoxville, Tennessee | 25.03 | 5:24.7 | 18:54:21.7 | P |
| Miami, Florida | 31.22 | 6:19.9 | 18:55:16.9 | P |
| Washington, D.C. | 31.49 | 6:22.3 | 18:55:19.3 | P |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 32.94 | 6:35.1 | 18:55:32.1 | P |
| Ottawa, Canada | 32.99 | 6:35.5 | 18:55:32.5 | P |
| New York, New York | 33.83 | 6:42.8 | 18:55:39.8 | P |
| Boston, Massachusetts | 36.06 | 7:02.0 | 18:55:59.0 | P |
| Anchorage, Alaska | 36.50 | 7:05.7 | 18:56:02.8 | P |
| Bangor, Maine | 37.82 | 7:17.0 | 18:56:14.0 | P |
| Honolulu, Hawaii | 39.38 | 7:30.1 | 18:56:27.1 | P |
| San Juan, Puerto Rico | 46.06 | 8:24.2 | 18:57:21.2 | P |
| Lima, Peru | 57.39 | 9:49.0 | 18:58:46.0 | P |
| Bergen, Norway | 75.50 | 11:45.0 | 19:00:42.0 | P |
| London, England | 78.85 | 12:03.8 | 19:01:00.8 | P |
| Tokyo, Japan | 82.45 | 12:23.1 | 19:01:20.1 | P |
| Moscow, Russia | 89.14 | 12:56.1 | 19:01:53.1 | P |
| Agana, Guam | 91.14 | 13:05.5 | 19:02:02.5 | P |
| Rome, Italy | 91.76 | 13:08.4 | 19:02:05.4 | P |
| Beijing, China | 93.56 | 13:16.6 | 19:02:13.6 | P |
| Wellington, New Zealand | 97.66 | 13:35.2 | 19:02:32.2 | P |
| Brisbane, Australia | 105.60 | 14:10.5 | 19:03:07.5 | Pdiff |
| Palmer Station, Antarctica | 106.99 | 14:16.6 | 19:03:13.6 | Pdiff |
| Kathmandu, Nepal | 117.07 | 15:01.4 | 19:03:58.4 | Pdiff |
| Nairobi, Kenya | 139.32 | 16:40.1 | 19:05:37.1 | Pdiff |
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
