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Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 4.2 WESTERN MONTANA
Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at 17:24:32 UTC

Theoretical P-wave Travel Times

Theoretical P-wave Travel Times

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).

Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times
City Distance
(degrees)
Travel Time
(min:secs)
Arrival Time
UTC
Phase
Seattle, Washington 4.80 1:12.917:25:43.9Pn
Golden, Colorado 11.65 2:46.917:27:17.9Pn
San Francisco, California 12.25 2:55.117:27:26.1Pn
Los Angeles, California 14.99 3:32.417:28:03.4Pn
Albuquerque, New Mexico 15.21 3:35.517:28:06.5Pn
Phoenix, Arizona 15.62 3:40.817:28:11.8Pn
Duluth, Minnesota 15.68 3:41.617:28:12.6Pn
Wichita, Kansas 17.12 3:60.017:28:31.0Pn
St. Louis, Missouri 20.69 4:40.917:29:11.9P
Anchorage, Alaska 23.02 5:05.917:29:36.9P
Knoxville, Tennessee 25.55 5:29.717:30:00.7P
Brownsville, Texas 26.83 5:41.217:30:12.2P
Ottawa, Canada 26.94 5:42.217:30:13.2P
Washington, D.C. 29.06 6:01.217:30:32.2P
Philadephia, Pennsylvania 29.74 6:07.217:30:38.2P
New York, New York 30.12 6:10.517:30:41.5P
Boston, Massachusetts 31.27 6:20.717:30:51.7P
Bangor, Maine 31.71 6:24.617:30:55.6P
Mexico City, Mexico 32.15 6:28.517:30:59.5P
Miami, Florida 35.75 6:59.717:31:30.7P
Honolulu, Hawaii 43.53 8:04.417:32:35.4P
San Juan, Puerto Rico 49.74 8:53.117:33:24.1P
Bergen, Norway 61.0010:14.317:34:45.3P
London, England 65.7310:45.717:35:16.7P
Lima, Peru 69.4811:09.417:35:40.4P
Tokyo, Japan 72.7011:28.917:35:59.9P
Moscow, Russia 73.3211:32.617:36:03.6P
Rome, Italy 78.6212:02.917:36:33.9P
Beijing, China 80.4612:12.917:36:43.9P
Agana, Guam 86.3912:43.317:37:14.4P
Kathmandu, Nepal 101.5713:52.917:38:23.9Pdiff
Wellington, New Zealand 108.8314:25.117:38:56.1Pdiff
Brisbane, Australia 111.2414:35.817:39:06.8Pdiff
Palmer Station, Antarctica 122.5115:25.917:39:56.9Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 126.8815:45.217:40:16.2Pdiff

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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