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Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 5.2 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Sunday, June 12, 2005 at 15:41:46 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

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
Los Angeles, California 1.49 0:26.415:42:12.4Pn
San Francisco, California 6.37 1:33.515:43:19.5Pn
Albuquerque, New Mexico 8.37 2:00.915:43:46.9Pn
Golden, Colorado 11.04 2:37.515:44:23.5Pn
Seattle, Washington 14.90 3:30.215:45:16.2Pn
Wichita, Kansas 16.20 3:47.215:45:33.2Pn
Brownsville, Texas 18.21 4:12.415:45:58.4Pn
Mexico City, Mexico 20.94 4:42.415:46:28.4P
St. Louis, Missouri 21.84 4:52.115:46:38.1P
Duluth, Minnesota 22.74 5:01.715:46:47.7P
Knoxville, Tennessee 25.87 5:31.215:47:17.2P
Washington, D.C. 32.17 6:27.315:48:13.3P
Miami, Florida 32.43 6:29.615:48:15.6P
Ottawa, Canada 33.36 6:37.715:48:23.7P
Philadephia, Pennsylvania 33.57 6:39.515:48:25.5P
New York, New York 34.43 6:46.915:48:32.9P
Anchorage, Alaska 35.03 6:52.115:48:38.1P
Boston, Massachusetts 36.57 7:05.415:48:51.4P
Bangor, Maine 38.23 7:19.415:49:05.4P
Honolulu, Hawaii 38.36 7:20.515:49:06.5P
San Juan, Puerto Rico 47.30 8:33.015:50:19.0P
Lima, Peru 58.95 9:58.915:51:44.9P
Bergen, Norway 75.0611:41.415:53:27.4P
London, England 78.6512:01.615:53:47.6P
Tokyo, Japan 80.9012:13.815:53:59.8P
Moscow, Russia 88.4012:51.615:54:37.6P
Agana, Guam 89.7412:57.915:54:43.9P
Rome, Italy 91.5813:06.415:54:52.4P
Beijing, China 92.0213:08.515:54:54.5P
Wellington, New Zealand 97.5913:33.815:55:19.8P
Brisbane, Australia 104.9514:06.515:55:52.5Pdiff
Palmer Station, Antarctica 108.3614:21.615:56:07.6Pdiff
Kathmandu, Nepal 115.6714:54.115:56:40.1Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 139.3816:39.315:58:25.3Pdiff

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