ROCHEFORT (BE)

Quarry blast16 November 2020

Magnitude
0.9ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
11:39:402020-11-16
UTC
10:39:402020-11-16

Main parameters

Date and time2020-11-16 10:39:40 UTC
2020-11-16 11:39:40 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 0.9
Epicentral coordinates50.166° N, 5.240° E
Uncertainty ± 0.8 km
Event IDROB 11315

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-11-18 08:30:46 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
1.6 – 46.8km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.9km/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: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.16 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.21 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
RCHRochefort1.621710:39:41.00+0.32 s10:39:41.31+0.63 s0.31
GESGesves26.733610:39:45.67+4.99 s10:39:49.34+8.66 s3.67
CLAClavier28.5910:39:45.83+5.15 s10:39:49.50+8.82 s3.67
DOUDourbes46.826010:39:48.74+8.06 s10:39:54.88+14.20 s6.14
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