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Magnitude 2.9 UTAH

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 19:58:19 UTC

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
Albuquerque, New Mexico 3.99 1:02.219:59:21.2Pn
Phoenix, Arizona 4.40 1:08.019:59:27.0Pn
Golden, Colorado 4.59 1:10.519:59:29.5Pn
Los Angeles, California 7.30 1:47.720:00:06.7Pn
San Francisco, California 9.51 2:18.120:00:37.1Pn
Wichita, Kansas 10.37 2:29.920:00:48.9Pn
Seattle, Washington 13.38 3:11.020:01:30.0Pn
St. Louis, Missouri 15.90 3:45.020:02:04.0Pn
Brownsville, Texas 16.04 3:46.820:02:05.8Pn
Duluth, Minnesota 16.27 3:49.720:02:08.7Pn
Knoxville, Tennessee 20.28 4:37.020:02:56.0P
Mexico City, Mexico 20.65 4:41.020:03:00.0P
Washington, D.C. 26.16 5:35.820:03:54.8P
Ottawa, Canada 26.95 5:43.020:04:02.0P
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 27.47 5:47.620:04:06.6P
Miami, Florida 28.20 5:54.120:04:13.1P
New York, New York 28.27 5:54.720:04:13.7P
Boston, Massachusetts 30.31 6:12.920:04:31.9P
Bangor, Maine 31.86 6:26.520:04:45.5P
Anchorage, Alaska 34.03 6:45.420:05:04.4P
San Juan, Puerto Rico 43.04 8:01.120:06:20.1P
Honolulu, Hawaii 43.89 8:08.020:06:27.0P
Lima, Peru 58.55 9:58.120:08:17.1P
Bergen, Norway 69.1111:07.820:09:26.8P
London, England 72.3711:27.620:09:46.6P
Tokyo, Japan 82.3212:23.420:10:42.4P
Moscow, Russia 83.0812:27.320:10:46.4P
Rome, Italy 85.2812:38.520:10:57.5P
Beijing, China 91.6513:08.920:11:27.9P
Agana, Guam 93.2613:16.320:11:35.3P
Wellington, New Zealand 104.0514:04.620:12:23.6Pdiff
Palmer Station, Antarctica 110.7314:34.220:12:53.2Pdiff
Brisbane, Australia 111.1114:35.920:12:54.9Pdiff
Kathmandu, Nepal 113.3514:45.820:13:04.8Pdiff
Nairobi, Kenya 132.9216:12.720:14:31.7Pdiff

Travel Time Information and Calculator

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


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