Historic Earthquakes: Travel Times
Magnitude 7.8 NEW BRITIAN REGION, P.N.G.
2000 November 17 21:01:56 UTC
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agana, Guam | 20.08 | 4:30.6 | 21:06:26.6 | P |
| Brisbane, Australia | 21.92 | 4:50.4 | 21:06:46.4 | P |
| Wellington, New Zealand | 41.14 | 7:40.9 | 21:09:36.9 | P |
| Tokyo, Japan | 42.47 | 7:51.7 | 21:09:47.7 | P |
| Beijing, China | 55.68 | 9:32.9 | 21:11:28.9 | P |
| Honolulu, Hawaii | 56.12 | 9:36.0 | 21:11:32.0 | P |
| Kathmandu, Nepal | 72.03 | 11:20.6 | 21:13:16.6 | P |
| Anchorage, Alaska | 80.22 | 12:07.2 | 21:14:03.2 | P |
| San Francisco, California | 90.01 | 12:56.1 | 21:14:52.1 | P |
| Seattle, Washington | 91.27 | 13:02.0 | 21:14:58.0 | P |
| Los Angeles, California | 93.02 | 13:10.0 | 21:15:06.0 | P |
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | 102.61 | 13:53.1 | 21:15:49.1 | Pdiff |
| Palmer Station, Antarctica | 102.66 | 13:53.3 | 21:15:49.3 | Pdiff |
| Golden, Colorado | 103.50 | 13:57.0 | 21:15:53.0 | Pdiff |
| Moscow, Russia | 107.94 | 14:16.7 | 21:16:12.7 | Pdiff |
| Mexico City, Mexico | 109.76 | 14:24.8 | 21:16:20.8 | Pdiff |
| Wichita, Kansas | 109.83 | 14:25.1 | 21:16:21.1 | Pdiff |
| Brownsville, Texas | 111.01 | 14:30.3 | 21:16:26.4 | Pdiff |
| Duluth, Minnesota | 111.69 | 14:33.4 | 21:16:29.4 | Pdiff |
| Nairobi, Kenya | 114.69 | 14:46.7 | 21:16:42.7 | Pdiff |
| St. Louis, Missouri | 115.13 | 14:48.6 | 21:16:44.6 | Pdiff |
| Bergen, Norway | 119.64 | 15:08.7 | 21:17:04.7 | Pdiff |
| Knoxville, Tennessee | 119.74 | 15:09.1 | 21:17:05.1 | Pdiff |
| Ottawa, Canada | 122.77 | 15:22.5 | 21:17:18.5 | Pdiff |
| Washington, D.C. | 124.82 | 15:31.6 | 21:17:27.6 | Pdiff |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 125.68 | 15:35.5 | 21:17:31.5 | Pdiff |
| New York, New York | 126.12 | 15:37.4 | 21:17:33.4 | Pdiff |
| Miami, Florida | 126.45 | 15:38.9 | 21:17:34.9 | Pdiff |
| Boston, Massachusetts | 127.22 | 15:42.3 | 21:17:38.3 | Pdiff |
| Bangor, Maine | 127.25 | 15:42.4 | 21:17:38.4 | Pdiff |
| Lima, Peru | 128.40 | 15:47.6 | 21:17:43.6 | Pdiff |
| London, England | 128.56 | 15:48.3 | 21:17:44.3 | Pdiff |
| Rome, Italy | 128.80 | 15:49.3 | 21:17:45.3 | Pdiff |
| San Juan, Puerto Rico | 140.83 | 16:42.7 | 21:18:38.7 | Pdiff |
