NORTH SEA

Controlled explosion8 December 2020

Magnitude
2.8ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
17:22:252020-12-08
UTC
16:22:252020-12-08

Main parameters

Date and time2020-12-08 16:22:25 UTC
2020-12-08 17:22:25 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.8
Epicentral coordinates52.193° N, 2.940° E
Uncertainty ± 4.1 km
Event IDROB 11500

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-12-12 14:42:43 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
9
Epicentral distance
106.3 – 342.1km
  • P wave
  • S wave

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
OSTBOostende106.318016:22:43.38+17.88 s––
DSLBDessel181.712516:22:55.68+30.18 s16:23:17.10+51.60 s21.42
SNFSeneffe209.315316:22:57.71+32.21 s––
DOUDourbes260.615316:23:03.96+38.46 s16:23:36.22+70.72 s32.26
KLBKalborn321.513516:23:12.61+47.11 s––
British Geological Survey (United Kingdom)3 stations
WACR168.029216:22:52.94+27.44 s16:23:13.65+48.15 s20.71
ELSH170.622816:22:53.64+28.14 s16:23:13.85+48.35 s20.21
LBWR342.129516:23:15.09+49.59 s16:23:53.11+87.61 s38.02
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve261.712616:23:04.91+39.41 s––
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