DURBUY (BE)

Quarry blast16 September 2020

Magnitude
1.7ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
14:35:292020-09-16
UTC
12:35:292020-09-16

Main parameters

Date and time2020-09-16 12:35:29 UTC
2020-09-16 14:35:29 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.7
Epicentral coordinates50.359° N, 5.537° E
Uncertainty ± 2.0 km
Event IDROB 10870

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-09-16 16:07:37 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
18.0 – 73.4km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.3km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.1km/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 0.81 s. S wave: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 1.11 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)8 stations
CLAClavier18.029212:35:33.29+3.74 s12:35:34.44+4.89 s1.15
LCHLa Chartreuse31.5812:35:34.75+5.20 s12:35:38.16+8.61 s3.41
RCHRochefort31.722412:35:35.51+5.96 s––
GESGesves32.227512:35:35.48+5.93 s12:35:39.75+10.20 s4.27
MEMHMembach43.65012:35:39.06+9.51 s12:35:45.17+15.62 s6.11
KLBKalborn49.912512:35:37.70+8.15 s12:35:44.39+14.84 s6.69
MRDMaredsous55.226412:35:40.13+10.58 s––
DOUDourbes73.424712:35:42.03+12.48 s12:35:54.23+24.68 s12.20
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve53.03212:35:39.73+10.18 s12:35:45.50+15.95 s5.77
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