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Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Date-Time 2002 11 11 23:39:28 UTC World Location
Location 32.37N 80.07W
Depth 5.0 kilometers
Magnitude 4.2
Region SOUTH CAROLINA
Reference 30 miles (45 km) SSW of Charleston, South Carolina
40 miles (65 km) ENE of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
45 miles (75 km) S of Summerville, South Carolina
125 miles (200 km) SSE of COLUMBIA, South Carolina
Source USGS NEIC

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
Knoxville, Tennessee 5.53 1:23.023:40:51.0Pn
Miami, Florida 6.58 1:37.423:41:05.4Pn
Washington, D.C. 6.96 1:42.623:41:10.6Pn
Philadephia, Pennsylvania 8.54 2:04.323:41:32.3Pn
New York, New York 9.65 2:19.523:41:47.5Pn
St. Louis, Missouri 10.40 2:29.823:41:57.8Pn
Boston, Massachusetts 12.24 2:54.923:42:22.9Pn
Ottawa, Canada 13.46 3:11.623:42:39.6Pn
Wichita, Kansas 15.12 3:34.323:43:02.3Pn
Bangor, Maine 15.22 3:35.523:43:03.5Pn
Brownsville, Texas 16.53 3:52.523:43:20.5Pn
Duluth, Minnesota 17.09 3:59.623:43:27.6Pn
San Juan, Puerto Rico 18.67 4:18.823:43:46.8P
Mexico City, Mexico 21.44 4:49.023:44:17.0P
Golden, Colorado 21.57 4:50.323:44:18.3P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 22.24 4:57.523:44:25.5P
Los Angeles, California 31.86 6:25.923:45:53.9P
San Francisco, California 34.86 6:52.023:46:20.0P
Seattle, Washington 35.33 6:56.123:46:24.1P
Lima, Peru 44.30 8:10.623:47:38.6P
Anchorage, Alaska 52.60 9:14.623:48:42.6P
London, England 59.4310:03.623:49:31.6P
Bergen, Norway 60.2610:09.323:49:37.3P
Honolulu, Hawaii 68.9111:05.923:50:33.9P
Rome, Italy 70.9811:18.623:50:46.6P
Moscow, Russia 77.5011:56.723:51:24.7P
Palmer Station, Antarctica 100.5513:48.423:53:16.4Pdiff
Tokyo, Japan 102.7113:58.023:53:26.0Pdiff
Beijing, China 106.4814:14.723:53:42.7Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 113.2514:44.723:54:12.7Pdiff
Agana, Guam 117.4315:03.323:54:31.3Pdiff
Kathmandu, Nepal 118.6715:08.823:54:36.8Pdiff
Wellington, New Zealand 121.1215:19.723:54:47.7Pdiff
Brisbane, Australia 134.1316:17.423:55:45.4Pdiff



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