Magnitude 4.5 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
Friday, April 17, 2009 at 04:52:14 UTC
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).
| City | Distance (degrees) |
Travel Time (min:secs) |
Arrival Time UTC |
Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmer Station, Antarctica | 17.74 | 4:01.6 | 4:56:15.6 | P |
| Lima, Peru | 60.40 | 10:01.1 | 5:02:15.1 | P |
| Nairobi, Kenya | 76.08 | 11:39.2 | 5:03:53.2 | P |
| Wellington, New Zealand | 77.38 | 11:46.6 | 5:04:00.6 | P |
| San Juan, Puerto Rico | 84.54 | 12:24.6 | 5:04:38.6 | P |
| Brisbane, Australia | 92.69 | 13:03.3 | 5:05:17.3 | P |
| Miami, Florida | 95.99 | 13:18.4 | 5:05:32.4 | P |
| Mexico City, Mexico | 98.17 | 13:28.1 | 5:05:42.1 | P |
| Brownsville, Texas | 103.08 | 13:49.9 | 5:06:03.9 | Pdiff |
| Rome, Italy | 106.68 | 14:05.9 | 5:06:19.9 | Pdiff |
| Washington, D.C. | 106.91 | 14:06.9 | 5:06:20.9 | Pdiff |
| Knoxville, Tennessee | 107.00 | 14:07.3 | 5:06:21.3 | Pdiff |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 107.31 | 14:08.7 | 5:06:22.7 | Pdiff |
| New York, New York | 107.67 | 14:10.3 | 5:06:24.3 | Pdiff |
| Boston, Massachusetts | 108.34 | 14:13.3 | 5:06:27.3 | Pdiff |
| Bangor, Maine | 110.03 | 14:20.8 | 5:06:34.8 | Pdiff |
| St. Louis, Missouri | 111.27 | 14:26.3 | 5:06:40.3 | Pdiff |
| Ottawa, Canada | 112.48 | 14:31.6 | 5:06:45.6 | Pdiff |
| Wichita, Kansas | 113.27 | 14:35.1 | 5:06:49.1 | Pdiff |
| London, England | 113.35 | 14:35.5 | 5:06:49.5 | Pdiff |
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | 114.97 | 14:42.7 | 5:06:56.7 | Pdiff |
| Phoenix, Arizona | 116.08 | 14:47.6 | 5:07:01.6 | Pdiff |
| Golden, Colorado | 118.23 | 14:57.2 | 5:07:11.2 | Pdiff |
| Duluth, Minnesota | 118.98 | 15:00.5 | 5:07:14.5 | Pdiff |
| Los Angeles, California | 119.48 | 15:02.7 | 5:07:16.7 | Pdiff |
| Bergen, Norway | 122.76 | 15:17.3 | 5:07:31.3 | Pdiff |
| San Francisco, California | 124.48 | 15:24.9 | 5:07:38.9 | Pdiff |
| Kathmandu, Nepal | 124.62 | 15:25.5 | 5:07:39.5 | Pdiff |
| Moscow, Russia | 126.35 | 15:33.2 | 5:07:47.2 | Pdiff |
| Honolulu, Hawaii | 128.21 | 15:41.5 | 5:07:55.5 | Pdiff |
| Seattle, Washington | 132.16 | 15:59.0 | 5:08:13.0 | Pdiff |
| Agana, Guam | 133.00 | 16:02.7 | 5:08:16.7 | Pdiff |
| Beijing, China | 149.55 | 19:36.4 | 5:11:50.4 | PKPdf |
| Anchorage, Alaska | 152.81 | 19:41.6 | 5:11:55.6 | PKPdf |
| Tokyo, Japan | 154.03 | 19:43.4 | 5:11:57.4 | PKPdf |
Travel Time Information and Calculator
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
