OLNE (BE)

Quarry blast18 August 2020

Magnitude
1.2ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
14:33:012020-08-18
UTC
12:33:012020-08-18

Main parameters

Date and time2020-08-18 12:33:01 UTC
2020-08-18 14:33:01 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.2
Epicentral coordinates50.598° N, 5.713° E
Uncertainty ± 0.5 km
Event IDROB 10700

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-08-18 17:20:57 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
7
Epicentral distance
9.3 – 35.3km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.1km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.2km/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: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.15 s. S wave: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.36 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)6 stations
LCHLa Chartreuse9.329912:33:03.17+1.53 s12:33:04.82+3.18 s1.65
MEMHMembach21.08712:33:05.31+3.67 s12:33:08.66+7.02 s3.35
EBNEben-Emael22.335412:33:05.78+4.14 s––
MRGMont Rigi27.411112:33:06.46+4.82 s12:33:10.67+9.03 s4.21
HOUHouvegnez34.114312:33:07.51+5.87 s12:33:11.90+10.26 s4.39
CLAClavier35.323612:33:07.89+6.25 s12:33:13.06+11.42 s5.17
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve24.04012:33:05.88+4.24 s12:33:09.92+8.28 s4.04
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