WAIMES (BE)

Quarry blast22 September 2020

Magnitude
1.3ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:04:492020-09-22
UTC
10:04:492020-09-22

Main parameters

Date and time2020-09-22 10:04:49 UTC
2020-09-22 12:04:49 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.3
Epicentral coordinates50.420° N, 6.083° E
Uncertainty ± 1.6 km
Event IDROB 10930

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-09-22 13:35:05 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
9.2 – 50.8km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.9km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.2km/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 0.23 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.24 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)6 stations
HOUHouvegnez9.221710:04:51.25+1.83 s––
MRGMont Rigi10.235710:04:50.98+1.56 s10:04:52.96+3.54 s1.98
MEMHMembach21.734610:04:53.32+3.90 s10:04:56.50+7.08 s3.18
MEMSMembach21.734610:04:53.56+4.14 s––
KLBKalborn35.617710:04:55.94+6.52 s10:05:00.37+10.95 s4.43
EBNEben-Emael50.832610:04:58.04+8.62 s––
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve39.834410:04:56.60+7.18 s10:05:02.30+12.88 s5.70
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