ANDENNE (BE)

Quarry blast1 September 2020

Magnitude
1.6ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:47:572020-09-01
UTC
11:47:572020-09-01

Main parameters

Date and time2020-09-01 11:47:57 UTC
2020-09-01 13:47:57 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.6
Epicentral coordinates50.490° N, 4.988° E
Uncertainty ± 1.0 km
Event IDROB 10765

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-09-02 09:29:51 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
13
Epicentral distance
13.7 – 90.9km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.1km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.5km/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: 13 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.48 s. S wave: 8 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.54 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)12 stations
GESGesves13.714911:48:00.01+2.23 s11:48:02.30+4.52 s2.29
CLAClavier23.711011:48:02.35+4.57 s11:48:05.32+7.54 s2.97
MRDMaredsous26.221711:48:02.36+4.58 s11:48:06.13+8.35 s3.77
RCHRochefort41.015511:48:04.94+7.16 s11:48:11.14+13.36 s6.20
LCHLa Chartreuse46.36911:48:06.03+8.25 s––
DOUDourbes52.221311:48:07.26+9.48 s––
RQRRonquières55.628411:48:08.03+10.25 s––
UCCBUccle56.030811:48:08.19+10.41 s11:48:14.76+16.98 s6.57
SKQSteenkerque66.728611:48:08.26+10.48 s11:48:16.89+19.11 s8.63
HOUHouvegnez73.810111:48:10.52+12.74 s––
OPTBOpitter82.93311:48:12.37+14.59 s––
KLBKalborn90.911811:48:13.73+15.95 s11:48:23.41+25.63 s9.68
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve73.46511:48:10.05+12.27 s11:48:19.63+21.85 s9.58
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