ROCHEFORT (BE)

Quarry blast1 October 2020

Magnitude
1.4ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
11:39:082020-10-01
UTC
09:39:082020-10-01

Main parameters

Date and time2020-10-01 09:39:08 UTC
2020-10-01 11:39:08 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.4
Epicentral coordinates50.181° N, 5.239° E
Uncertainty ± 1.0 km
Event IDROB 11310

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-11-18 08:30:19 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
5
Epicentral distance
3.0 – 47.0km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.7km/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: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.14 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.10 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)5 stations
RCHRochefort3.019709:39:08.76+0.44 s09:39:09.40+1.08 s0.64
GESGesves25.233509:39:13.01+4.69 s09:39:16.29+7.97 s3.28
CLAClavier26.91009:39:13.25+4.93 s––
MRDMaredsous36.229209:39:14.79+6.47 s09:39:19.39+11.07 s4.60
DOUDourbes47.025909:39:16.55+8.23 s09:39:22.75+14.43 s6.20
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