WELLIN (BE)

Quarry blast19 August 2020

Magnitude
1.9ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:33:322020-08-19
UTC
10:33:322020-08-19

Main parameters

Date and time2020-08-19 10:33:32 UTC
2020-08-19 12:33:32 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.9
Epicentral coordinates50.088° N, 5.153° E
Uncertainty ± 1.0 km
Event IDROB 10705

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-08-19 14:21:45 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
9
Epicentral distance
9.2 – 84.2km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.6km/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: 9 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.23 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.27 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)9 stations
RCHRochefort9.23510:33:34.13+1.42 s10:33:35.99+3.28 s1.86
GESGesves33.435210:33:38.60+5.89 s10:33:42.81+10.10 s4.21
MRDMaredsous36.431110:33:39.21+6.50 s10:33:44.14+11.43 s4.93
CLAClavier38.31610:33:39.41+6.70 s10:33:44.88+12.17 s5.47
DOUDourbes39.927110:33:39.56+6.85 s10:33:45.07+12.36 s5.51
HOUHouvegnez67.66410:33:44.48+11.77 s––
KLBKalborn68.48810:33:44.55+11.84 s––
MRGMont Rigi80.85410:33:47.04+14.33 s––
MEMHMembach84.24610:33:48.16+15.45 s––
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