NAMUR (BE)

Quarry blast8 May 2020

Magnitude
1.9ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
14:32:472020-05-08
UTC
12:32:472020-05-08

Main parameters

Date and time2020-05-08 12:32:47 UTC
2020-05-08 14:32:47 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.9
Epicentral coordinates50.492° N, 4.970° E
Uncertainty ± 1.0 km
Event IDROB 10000

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-05-08 16:12:42 Belgian time

Location map

  • Epicentre
  • Station that recorded the event

Arrival times at the stations

Each station first records the P wave, the fastest, then the S wave. The farther a station is from the epicentre, the later the waves reach it and the wider the gap between the two.

Stations
15
Epicentral distance
14.6 – 107.6km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.7km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.1km/s
  • P wave
  • S wave
  • Curve fitted to the measurements
Notes and method

Curves: travel time of a direct wave in a homogeneous medium. The velocity of each wave and an origin-time shift, common to both, are fitted to the measurements by least squares. Depth not determined: hypocenter placed at the surface for the calculation. P wave: 15 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.34 s. S wave: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.33 s.

Table of measurements

Station measurements

P- and S-wave arrivals and ground displacement measured at each station. Click a column heading to change the order.

km°UTCUTCs
Belgian seismic network (Royal Observatory of Belgium)13 stations
GESGesves14.614512:32:49.26+2.06 s12:32:51.48+4.28 s2.22
MRDMaredsous25.621412:32:51.78+4.58 s12:32:55.68+8.48 s3.90
TGATangissart34.129212:32:52.82+5.62 s12:32:57.45+10.25 s4.63
RCHRochefort41.815412:32:54.28+7.08 s12:32:59.92+12.72 s5.64
DOUDourbes51.721112:32:56.65+9.45 s12:33:03.23+16.03 s6.58
UCCSUccle54.930812:32:56.66+9.46 s––
EBNEben-Emael60.55612:32:58.32+11.12 s––
SKQSteenkerque65.428612:32:58.64+11.44 s––
MEMSMembach74.88012:32:59.87+12.67 s––
MEMHMembach74.88012:32:59.94+12.74 s––
MRGMont Rigi78.48812:33:00.67+13.47 s––
KLBKalborn92.211812:33:03.19+15.99 s––
VIAVianden107.612512:33:06.10+18.90 s12:33:21.65+34.45 s15.55
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)2 stations
VKBValkenburg71.15412:32:59.35+12.15 s12:33:09.74+22.54 s10.39
HGNHeimansgroeve74.46612:32:59.36+12.16 s––
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