NAMUR (BE)

Quarry blast2 December 2020

Magnitude
1.9ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
14:28:512020-12-02
UTC
13:28:512020-12-02

Main parameters

Date and time2020-12-02 13:28:51 UTC
2020-12-02 14:28:51 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.9
Epicentral coordinates50.499° N, 4.964° E
Uncertainty ± 0.7 km
Event IDROB 11460

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-12-02 23:06:29 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
15.4 – 92.9km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.0km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.5km/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 0.30 s. S wave: 9 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.52 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)9 stations
GESGesves15.414513:28:54.10+2.71 s13:28:56.18+4.79 s2.08
CLAClavier25.611013:28:55.84+4.45 s13:28:59.24+7.85 s3.40
MRDMaredsous26.021313:28:56.09+4.70 s13:29:00.08+8.69 s3.99
RCHRochefort42.615413:28:58.96+7.57 s13:29:04.15+12.76 s5.19
DOUDourbes52.121013:29:01.02+9.63 s13:29:06.85+15.46 s5.83
RQRRonquières53.728313:29:00.81+9.42 s––
SKQSteenkerque64.828513:29:02.51+11.12 s13:29:10.59+19.20 s8.08
MEMHMembach75.18013:29:04.96+13.57 s13:29:13.92+22.53 s8.96
KLBKalborn92.911813:29:07.46+16.07 s13:29:17.24+25.85 s9.78
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve74.56613:29:04.06+12.67 s13:29:13.60+22.21 s9.54
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