LA ROCHE-EN-ARDENNE (BE)

Quarry blast15 October 2020

Magnitude
1.9ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
14:46:122020-10-15
UTC
12:46:122020-10-15

Main parameters

Date and time2020-10-15 12:46:12 UTC
2020-10-15 14:46:12 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.9
Epicentral coordinates50.197° N, 5.595° E
Uncertainty ± 0.7 km
Event IDROB 11090

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-10-15 15:00:49 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
10
Epicentral distance
26.7 – 72.4km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.0km/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: 10 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.16 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.37 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)10 stations
RCHRochefort26.726012:46:17.02+4.53 s12:46:20.28+7.79 s3.26
CLAClavier32.332012:46:18.11+5.62 s12:46:22.90+10.41 s4.79
HOUHouvegnez34.15912:46:18.29+5.80 s––
KLBKalborn38.310612:46:19.26+6.77 s12:46:24.17+11.68 s4.91
GESGesves41.830012:46:19.92+7.43 s12:46:25.68+13.19 s5.76
MRGMont Rigi48.94412:46:20.66+8.17 s––
MEMSMembach54.53312:46:21.82+9.33 s––
MEMHMembach54.53312:46:22.13+9.64 s––
EBNEben-Emael67.0512:46:24.08+11.59 s––
DOUDourbes72.426112:46:24.87+12.38 s12:46:34.12+21.63 s9.25
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