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Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 5.1 SOLOMON ISLANDS
Tuesday, November 16, 2004 at 03:39:36 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
Brisbane, Australia 18.44 4:13.6 3:43:49.6P
Agana, Guam 30.17 6:08.0 3:45:44.0P
Wellington, New Zealand 31.83 6:22.7 3:45:58.7P
Honolulu, Hawaii 50.69 8:57.3 3:48:33.3P
Tokyo, Japan 51.34 9:02.1 3:48:38.1P
Beijing, China 66.3910:46.8 3:50:22.8P
Anchorage, Alaska 81.3512:14.4 3:51:50.4P
Kathmandu, Nepal 84.0012:28.2 3:52:04.2P
San Francisco, California 85.3512:34.9 3:52:10.9P
Los Angeles, California 87.5412:45.7 3:52:21.7P
Seattle, Washington 88.5412:50.4 3:52:26.4P
Palmer Station, Antarctica 94.4713:17.9 3:52:53.9P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 97.1213:29.9 3:53:05.9P
Golden, Colorado 98.8913:37.8 3:53:13.8Pdiff
Mexico City, Mexico 101.5013:49.3 3:53:25.3Pdiff
Brownsville, Texas 103.8113:59.6 3:53:35.6Pdiff
Wichita, Kansas 104.8514:04.2 3:53:40.2Pdiff
Duluth, Minnesota 108.6514:21.1 3:53:57.1Pdiff
St. Louis, Missouri 110.4314:29.0 3:54:05.0Pdiff
Knoxville, Tennessee 114.6214:47.6 3:54:23.6Pdiff
Lima, Peru 116.5514:56.1 3:54:32.1Pdiff
Moscow, Russia 118.4115:04.4 3:54:40.4Pdiff
Miami, Florida 119.3815:08.7 3:54:44.7Pdiff
Ottawa, Canada 120.1415:12.1 3:54:48.1Pdiff
Washington, D.C. 120.6715:14.4 3:54:50.4Pdiff
Philadephia, Pennsylvania 121.8715:19.8 3:54:55.8Pdiff
New York, New York 122.5615:22.8 3:54:58.8Pdiff
Boston, Massachusetts 124.2315:30.2 3:55:06.2Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 124.5115:31.5 3:55:07.5Pdiff
Bangor, Maine 125.0115:33.7 3:55:09.7Pdiff
Bergen, Norway 128.1015:47.4 3:55:23.4Pdiff
San Juan, Puerto Rico 132.6316:07.5 3:55:43.5Pdiff
London, England 137.4216:28.8 3:56:04.8Pdiff
Rome, Italy 139.7116:39.0 3:56:15.0Pdiff

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