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Magnitude 3.8 NEW JERSEY

2003 August 26 18:24:18 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
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
Philadephia, Pennsylvania 0.61 0:11.718:24:27.7Pg
New York, New York 0.85 0:16.218:24:32.2Pg
Washington, D.C. 2.24 0:37.718:24:53.7Pn
Boston, Massachusetts 3.50 0:55.118:25:11.1Pn
Ottawa, Canada 4.88 1:14.018:25:30.0Pn
Bangor, Maine 6.30 1:33.618:25:49.6Pn
Knoxville, Tennessee 9.16 2:12.718:26:28.7Pn
St. Louis, Missouri 11.84 2:49.518:27:05.5Pn
Duluth, Minnesota 13.81 3:16.418:27:32.4Pn
Miami, Florida 15.35 3:37.318:27:53.3Pn
Wichita, Kansas 17.46 4:04.318:28:20.2Pn
Golden, Colorado 22.97 5:05.318:29:21.3P
San Juan, Puerto Rico 23.31 5:08.918:29:24.9P
Brownsville, Texas 23.68 5:12.618:29:28.6P
Albuquerque, New Mexico 25.42 5:28.518:29:44.5P
Mexico City, Mexico 29.47 6:04.818:30:20.8P
Seattle, Washington 34.18 6:46.218:31:02.2P
Los Angeles, California 34.66 6:50.318:31:06.3P
San Francisco, California 36.45 7:05.718:31:21.7P
Anchorage, Alaska 48.44 8:43.118:32:59.1P
London, England 51.00 9:02.718:33:18.7P
Bergen, Norway 51.32 9:05.018:33:21.0P
Lima, Peru 52.41 9:13.218:33:29.2P
Rome, Italy 62.9610:27.618:34:43.5P
Moscow, Russia 68.4611:03.018:35:19.0P
Honolulu, Hawaii 71.1011:19.318:35:35.3P
Tokyo, Japan 97.6613:35.518:37:51.5P
Beijing, China 99.2313:42.518:37:58.5Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 107.3914:18.718:38:34.8Pdiff
Palmer Station, Antarctica 108.3214:22.918:38:38.9Pdiff
Kathmandu, Nepal 109.7014:29.018:38:45.0Pdiff
Agana, Guam 114.7914:51.618:39:07.6Pdiff
Wellington, New Zealand 128.5515:52.618:40:08.6Pdiff
Brisbane, Australia 138.5416:37.018:40:53.0Pdiff


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