ANDENNE (BE)

Quarry blast9 December 2020

Magnitude
1.8ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
14:26:442020-12-09
UTC
13:26:442020-12-09

Main parameters

Date and time2020-12-09 13:26:44 UTC
2020-12-09 14:26:44 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.8
Epicentral coordinates50.501° N, 4.991° E
Uncertainty ± 0.9 km
Event IDROB 11515

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-12-12 14:47:25 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
8
Epicentral distance
14.6 – 91.3km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.2km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.4km/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: 8 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.32 s. S wave: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.41 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)7 stations
GESGesves14.615213:26:47.05+2.37 s13:26:49.13+4.45 s2.08
CLAClavier23.911213:26:48.87+4.19 s13:26:52.63+7.95 s3.76
MRDMaredsous27.321613:26:49.53+4.85 s13:26:53.53+8.85 s4.00
RCHRochefort42.015613:26:52.17+7.49 s13:26:58.28+13.60 s6.11
DOUDourbes53.321213:26:54.31+9.63 s13:27:00.57+15.89 s6.26
HOUHouvegnez73.910213:26:57.49+12.81 s––
KLBKalborn91.311913:26:59.69+15.01 s13:27:11.56+26.88 s11.87
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve72.76613:26:57.15+12.47 s13:27:06.27+21.59 s9.12
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