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Magnitude 3.3 SOUTHERN ALASKA

Friday, August 29, 2008 at 05:16:07 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
Anchorage, Alaska 4.26 1:04.6 5:17:11.6Pn
Seattle, Washington 17.41 4:02.7 5:20:09.7Pn
San Francisco, California 26.46 5:36.8 5:21:43.8P
Golden, Colorado 30.86 6:16.1 5:22:23.1P
Los Angeles, California 31.13 6:18.4 5:22:25.4P
Duluth, Minnesota 31.37 6:20.5 5:22:27.5P
Phoenix, Arizona 33.69 6:40.8 5:22:47.8P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 34.27 6:45.8 5:22:52.8P
Wichita, Kansas 35.94 7:00.2 5:23:07.2P
St. Louis, Missouri 38.46 7:21.5 5:23:28.5P
Ottawa, Canada 40.21 7:36.2 5:23:43.2P
Honolulu, Hawaii 41.82 7:49.4 5:23:56.4P
Knoxville, Tennessee 43.04 7:59.3 5:24:06.3P
Bangor, Maine 43.95 8:06.7 5:24:13.7P
Washington, D.C. 44.56 8:11.6 5:24:18.6P
New York, New York 44.59 8:11.8 5:24:18.8P
Philadephia, Pennsylvania 44.63 8:12.2 5:24:19.2P
Boston, Massachusetts 44.74 8:13.0 5:24:20.0P
Brownsville, Texas 46.05 8:23.4 5:24:30.4P
Mexico City, Mexico 51.19 9:03.0 5:25:10.0P
Miami, Florida 53.87 9:22.8 5:25:29.8P
Tokyo, Japan 54.36 9:26.4 5:25:33.4P
Bergen, Norway 55.73 9:36.3 5:25:43.3P
Beijing, China 61.2510:14.9 5:26:21.9P
Moscow, Russia 63.0910:27.2 5:26:34.2P
London, England 63.1110:27.4 5:26:34.4P
San Juan, Puerto Rico 66.7510:51.1 5:26:58.1P
Agana, Guam 70.7111:15.8 5:27:22.8P
Rome, Italy 74.7611:39.9 5:27:46.9P
Kathmandu, Nepal 83.5412:27.9 5:28:34.9P
Lima, Peru 88.7012:53.3 5:29:00.3P
Brisbane, Australia 103.2513:59.2 5:30:06.2Pdiff
Wellington, New Zealand 108.5014:22.5 5:30:29.5Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 119.9115:13.1 5:31:20.1Pdiff
Palmer Station, Antarctica 140.4016:44.1 5:32:51.1Pdiff

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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