KRUFT (DE)

Quarry blast17 August 2020

Magnitude
1.9ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
11:45:092020-08-17
UTC
09:45:092020-08-17

Main parameters

Date and time2020-08-17 09:45:09 UTC
2020-08-17 11:45:09 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.9
Epicentral coordinates50.383° N, 7.342° E
Uncertainty ± 1.3 km
Event IDROB 10685

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-08-17 14:03:24 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
12
Epicentral distance
91.1 – 198.6km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.1km/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: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.34 s.

Stations farther than 120 km are left out of the fit: the first waves to reach them have travelled beneath the crust, through the mantle, where they propagate faster.

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)10 stations
MRGMont Rigi91.127909:45:25.57+15.60 s––
KLBKalborn93.425109:45:25.26+15.29 s09:45:36.63+26.66 s11.37
HOUHouvegnez95.226909:45:25.97+16.00 s––
VIAVianden95.523909:45:26.14+16.17 s––
MEMHMembach97.828509:45:27.21+17.24 s09:45:39.58+29.61 s12.37
EBNEben-Emael126.529209:45:31.93+21.96 s09:45:46.59+36.62 s14.66
LCHLa Chartreuse126.928409:45:32.71+22.74 s––
RCHRochefort152.926109:45:36.24+26.27 s09:45:54.82+44.85 s18.58
GESGesves160.427109:45:36.62+26.65 s09:45:56.48+46.51 s19.86
DOUDourbes198.626209:45:41.48+31.51 s09:46:04.63+54.66 s23.15
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)2 stations
HGNHeimansgroeve108.529409:45:28.64+18.67 s09:45:41.66+31.69 s13.02
VKBValkenburg122.729709:45:31.70+21.73 s09:45:47.17+37.20 s15.47
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