ROCHEFORT (BE)

Quarry blast4 September 2020

Magnitude
1.4ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:42:002020-09-04
UTC
10:42:002020-09-04

Main parameters

Date and time2020-09-04 10:42:00 UTC
2020-09-04 12:42:00 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.4
Epicentral coordinates50.151° N, 5.275° E
Uncertainty ± 1.8 km
Event IDROB 10800

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-09-04 16:14:44 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
3.4 – 59.9km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.6km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.3km/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 0.38 s. S wave: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.17 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)7 stations
RCHRochefort3.427810:42:01.33+0.82 s10:42:01.82+1.31 s0.49
GESGesves29.333310:42:06.20+5.69 s10:42:09.80+9.29 s3.60
CLAClavier29.9410:42:05.92+5.41 s10:42:10.19+9.68 s4.27
MRDMaredsous39.929510:42:07.51+7.00 s10:42:12.91+12.40 s5.40
DOUDourbes49.026310:42:08.69+8.18 s10:42:15.74+15.23 s7.05
LCHLa Chartreuse59.02310:42:09.69+9.18 s––
KLBKalborn59.99510:42:09.80+9.29 s10:42:19.21+18.70 s9.41
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