CELLES (BE)

Quarry blast28 September 2020

Magnitude
2.1ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:00:402020-09-28
UTC
11:00:402020-09-28

Main parameters

Date and time2020-09-28 11:00:40 UTC
2020-09-28 13:00:40 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.1
Epicentral coordinates50.672° N, 3.467° E
Uncertainty ± 1.4 km
Event IDROB 10965

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-09-29 18:43:45 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
43.4 – 119.2km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.1km/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: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.19 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.42 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
SKQSteenkerque43.49311:00:48.25+7.65 s11:00:54.25+13.65 s6.00
BOUBougnies46.213311:00:48.57+7.97 s––
BRQBracquegnies51.911411:00:49.56+8.96 s––
RQRRonquières54.19711:00:49.53+8.93 s––
MRDMaredsous101.111311:00:57.72+17.12 s11:01:11.18+30.58 s13.46
DOUDourbes102.712811:00:58.00+17.40 s11:01:11.48+30.88 s13.48
GESGesves119.210511:01:00.85+20.25 s11:01:15.51+34.91 s14.66
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