ANDENNE (BE)

Quarry blast17 September 2020

Magnitude
1.6ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:49:172020-09-17
UTC
11:49:172020-09-17

Main parameters

Date and time2020-09-17 11:49:17 UTC
2020-09-17 13:49:17 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.6
Epicentral coordinates50.463° N, 5.009° E
Uncertainty ± 1.3 km
Event IDROB 10905

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-09-17 15:37:40 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
10.3 – 88.2km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.0km/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: 8 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.40 s. S wave: 8 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.86 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
GESGesves10.314711:49:18.75+1.70 s11:49:20.95+3.90 s2.20
CLAClavier21.410311:49:20.69+3.64 s11:49:23.75+6.70 s3.06
MRDMaredsous24.822411:49:21.06+4.01 s11:49:25.08+8.03 s4.02
RCHRochefort37.615611:49:23.79+6.74 s11:49:30.91+13.86 s7.12
DOUDourbes50.521611:49:25.91+8.86 s11:49:32.47+15.42 s6.56
EBNEben-Emael60.25211:49:27.73+10.68 s11:49:35.01+17.96 s7.28
MEMHMembach72.87711:49:29.70+12.65 s11:49:39.17+22.12 s9.47
KLBKalborn88.211711:49:32.77+15.72 s11:49:42.70+25.65 s9.93
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