FLERINGEN (DE)

Quarry blast27 August 2020

Magnitude
1.9ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
11:38:322020-08-27
UTC
09:38:322020-08-27

Main parameters

Date and time2020-08-27 09:38:32 UTC
2020-08-27 11:38:32 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.9
Epicentral coordinates50.191° N, 6.503° E
Uncertainty ± 2.0 km
Event IDROB 10750

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-08-27 22:33:13 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
8
Epicentral distance
30.0 – 136.8km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.8km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.4km/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 0.18 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.29 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)7 stations
KLBKalborn30.025009:38:38.03+5.22 s09:38:42.19+9.38 s4.16
VIAVianden35.821709:38:39.12+6.31 s09:38:44.10+11.29 s4.98
HOUHouvegnez39.929709:38:39.63+6.82 s––
MRGMont Rigi46.832009:38:41.03+8.22 s09:38:46.69+13.88 s5.66
MEMHMembach58.232309:38:43.37+10.56 s09:38:50.12+17.31 s6.75
RCHRochefort91.326809:38:48.70+15.89 s––
DOUDourbes136.826609:38:56.28+23.47 s09:39:13.85+41.04 s17.57
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve75.532809:38:46.03+13.22 s––
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