Historic Earthquakes
South of Fiji Islands
1997 October 14 09:53:18 UTC
Magnitude 7.8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington, New Zealand | 20.41 | 4:24.0 | 9:57:42.0 | P |
| Brisbane, Australia | 27.92 | 5:34.5 | 9:58:52.5 | P |
| Honolulu, Hawaii | 46.94 | 8:13.7 | 10:01:31.7 | P |
| Agana, Guam | 51.70 | 8:49.8 | 10:02:07.8 | P |
| Tokyo, Japan | 70.67 | 10:57.5 | 10:04:15.5 | P |
| Palmer Station, Antarctica | 77.90 | 11:39.3 | 10:04:57.3 | P |
| San Francisco, California | 78.45 | 11:42.3 | 10:05:00.3 | P |
| Los Angeles, California | 78.84 | 11:44.4 | 10:05:02.4 | P |
| Seattle, Washington | 84.99 | 12:16.5 | 10:05:34.5 | P |
| Anchorage, Alaska | 85.80 | 12:20.5 | 10:05:38.5 | P |
| Mexico City, Mexico | 86.31 | 12:23.0 | 10:05:41.0 | P |
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | 87.45 | 12:28.5 | 10:05:46.5 | P |
| Beijing, China | 87.59 | 12:29.1 | 10:05:47.1 | P |
| Brownsville, Texas | 90.40 | 12:42.3 | 10:06:00.3 | P |
| Golden, Colorado | 90.69 | 12:43.6 | 10:06:01.6 | P |
| Lima, Peru | 94.32 | 13:00.3 | 10:06:18.3 | P |
| Wichita, Kansas | 95.35 | 13:05.0 | 10:06:23.0 | P |
| St. Louis, Missouri | 100.87 | 13:29.6 | 10:06:47.6 | Pdiff |
| Duluth, Minnesota | 102.21 | 13:35.5 | 10:06:53.5 | Pdiff |
| Knoxville, Tennessee | 103.87 | 13:42.9 | 10:07:00.9 | Pdiff |
| Miami, Florida | 104.93 | 13:47.6 | 10:07:05.6 | Pdiff |
| Kathmandu, Nepal | 106.63 | 13:55.1 | 10:07:13.1 | Pdiff |
| Washington, D.C. | 110.87 | 14:14.0 | 10:07:32.0 | Pdiff |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 112.50 | 14:21.2 | 10:07:39.2 | Pdiff |
| Ottawa, Canada | 113.00 | 14:23.4 | 10:07:41.4 | Pdiff |
| New York, New York | 113.50 | 14:25.7 | 10:07:43.7 | Pdiff |
| San Juan, Puerto Rico | 115.34 | 14:33.8 | 10:07:51.8 | Pdiff |
| Boston, Massachusetts | 115.90 | 14:36.3 | 10:07:54.3 | Pdiff |
| Bangor, Maine | 117.82 | 14:44.8 | 10:08:02.8 | Pdiff |
| Moscow, Russia | 137.80 | 16:13.5 | 10:09:31.5 | Pdiff |
| Nairobi, Kenya | 139.81 | 16:22.5 | 10:09:40.5 | Pdiff |
| Bergen, Norway | 141.72 | 16:30.9 | 10:09:48.9 | Pdiff |
| London, England | 150.54 | 19:25.6 | 10:12:43.6 | PKPdf |
| Rome, Italy | 158.79 | 19:37.0 | 10:12:55.0 | PKPdf |
