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Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 7.2 TURKEY
1999 November 12 16:57:19 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
Rome, Italy 14.07 3:19.4 17:00:38.4 Pn
Moscow, Russia 15.62 3:40.2 17:00:59.2 Pn
London, England 24.05 5:15.2 17:02:34.2 P
Bergen, Norway 25.31 5:26.7 17:02:45.7 P
Nairobi, Kenya 42.15 7:52.4 17:05:11.4 P
Kathmandu, Nepal 45.97 8:23.1 17:05:42.1 P
Beijing, China 62.38 10:22.8 17:07:41.8 P
Bangor, Maine 68.70 11:03.7 17:08:22.7 P
Boston, Massachusetts 71.54 11:21.2 17:08:40.2 P
Ottawa, Canada 72.17 11:25.0 17:08:44.0 P
New York, New York 74.26 11:37.3 17:08:56.3 P
Philadephia, Pennsylvania 75.43 11:44.1 17:09:03.1 P
Washington, D.C. 77.21 11:54.2 17:09:13.2 P
Anchorage, Alaska 78.39 12:00.8 17:09:19.8 P
Duluth, Minnesota 79.34 12:06.0 17:09:25.0 P
Tokyo, Japan 79.62 12:07.5 17:09:26.5 P
San Juan, Puerto Rico 83.49 12:28.0 17:09:47.0 P
Knoxville, Tennessee 83.88 12:30.0 17:09:49.0 P
St. Louis, Missouri 84.58 12:33.5 17:09:52.5 P
Miami, Florida 88.18 12:51.2 17:10:10.2 P
Seattle, Washington 88.75 12:53.8 17:10:12.8 P
Wichita, Kansas 88.76 12:53.9 17:10:12.9 P
Golden, Colorado 90.57 13:02.3 17:10:21.3 P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 95.14 13:23.3 17:10:42.3 P
San Francisco, California 98.20 13:37.1 17:10:56.1 P
Brownsville, Texas 98.34 13:37.7 17:10:56.7 P
Agana, Guam 98.36 13:37.8 17:10:56.8 P
Los Angeles, California 100.41 13:46.9 17:11:05.9 Pdiff
Mexico City, Mexico 104.43 14:04.8 17:11:23.8 Pdiff
Lima, Peru 111.57 14:36.4 17:11:55.4 Pdiff
Honolulu, Hawaii 117.70 15:03.6 17:12:22.6 Pdiff
Palmer Station, Antarctica 128.87 15:53.2 17:13:12.2 Pdiff
Brisbane, Australia 130.89 16:02.2 17:13:21.2 Pdiff
Wellington, New Zealand 152.67 19:49.1 17:17:08.1 PKPdf
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