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Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Magnitude 5.2 NEW YORK
2002 April 20 10:50:47 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
Ottawa, Canada 1.72 0:30.6 10:51:14.6 Pn
Boston, Massachusetts 2.87 0:46.4 10:51:30.4 Pn
Bangor, Maine 3.50 0:55.1 10:51:39.1 Pn
New York, New York 3.80 0:59.2 10:51:43.2 Pn
Philadephia, Pennsylvania 4.69 1:11.4 10:51:55.4 Pn
Washington, D.C. 6.15 1:31.5 10:52:15.5 Pn
Knoxville, Tennessee 12.25 2:55.1 10:53:39.1 Pn
Duluth, Minnesota 13.15 3:07.3 10:53:51.3 Pn
St. Louis, Missouri 13.71 3:15.1 10:53:59.1 Pn
Wichita, Kansas 19.03 4:22.7 10:55:06.7 P
Miami, Florida 19.43 4:27.2 10:55:11.2 P
Golden, Colorado 23.79 5:13.6 10:55:57.6 P
San Juan, Puerto Rico 26.70 5:40.1 10:56:24.1 P
Brownsville, Texas 26.75 5:40.5 10:56:24.5 P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 26.87 5:41.6 10:56:25.6 P
Mexico City, Mexico 32.82 6:34.3 10:57:18.3 P
Seattle, Washington 33.43 6:39.6 10:57:23.6 P
Los Angeles, California 35.66 6:58.9 10:57:42.9 P
San Francisco, California 36.88 7:09.3 10:57:53.3 P
Anchorage, Alaska 46.08 8:24.7 10:59:08.7 P
Bergen, Norway 47.61 8:36.7 10:59:20.7 P
London, England 47.75 8:37.8 10:59:21.8 P
Lima, Peru 56.42 9:42.4 11:00:26.4 P
Rome, Italy 59.98 10:07.3 11:00:51.3 P
Moscow, Russia 64.61 10:38.4 11:01:22.4 P
Honolulu, Hawaii 71.33 11:20.7 11:02:04.7 P
Tokyo, Japan 94.64 13:21.9 11:04:05.9 P
Beijing, China 95.47 13:25.7 11:04:09.7 P
Nairobi, Kenya 105.43 14:10.0 11:04:54.0 Pdiff
Kathmandu, Nepal 105.62 14:10.9 11:04:54.9 Pdiff
Palmer Station, Antarctica 112.18 14:40.0 11:05:24.0 Pdiff
Agana, Guam 112.57 14:41.7 11:05:25.7 Pdiff
Wellington, New Zealand 131.09 16:03.9 11:06:47.9 Pdiff
Brisbane, Australia 139.21 16:40.0 11:07:24.0 Pdiff


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