WELLIN (BE)

Quarry blast26 October 2020

Magnitude
1.4ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:42:342020-10-26
UTC
12:42:342020-10-26

Main parameters

Date and time2020-10-26 12:42:34 UTC
2020-10-26 13:42:34 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.4
Epicentral coordinates50.056° N, 5.139° E
Uncertainty ± 3.6 km
Event IDROB 11165

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-10-27 14:54:27 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
4
Epicentral distance
12.7 – 42.0km
Mean velocity, P wave
8.0km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
4.7km/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: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.64 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 2.39 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)4 stations
RCHRochefort12.73012:42:37.04+2.44 s12:42:38.83+4.23 s1.79
GESGesves36.835412:42:41.21+6.61 s12:42:46.18+11.58 s4.97
DOUDourbes39.227712:42:41.68+7.08 s12:42:46.52+11.92 s4.84
CLAClavier42.01612:42:40.65+6.05 s12:42:41.36+6.76 s0.71
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