ELSENBORN (BE)

Controlled explosion8 February 2021

Magnitude
0.6ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:52:282021-02-08
UTC
11:52:282021-02-08

Main parameters

Date and time2021-02-08 11:52:28 UTC
2021-02-08 12:52:28 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 0.6
Epicentral coordinates50.456° N, 6.286° E
Uncertainty ± 0.9 km
Event IDROB 12330

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2021-02-12 11:50:55 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
7
Epicentral distance
16.2 – 41.6km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.8km/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: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.12 s. S wave: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.19 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°UTCUTCsnm
Belgian seismic network (Royal Observatory of Belgium)5 stations
MRGMont Rigi16.229211:52:31.31+2.91 s11:52:33.56+5.16 s2.25–
TNLTernell18.232311:52:31.80+3.40 s11:52:34.23+5.83 s2.433.6
HOUHouvegnez23.024111:52:32.42+4.02 s11:52:35.15+6.75 s2.736.5
MEMHMembach26.031111:52:32.97+4.57 s11:52:36.41+8.01 s3.44–
KLBKalborn41.619811:52:35.81+7.41 s11:52:41.14+12.74 s5.33–
Bensberg seismic network (University of Cologne, Germany)2 stations
KLLKalltalsperre21.3511:52:32.05+3.65 s–––
DREDreilägerbach23.335111:52:32.77+4.37 s11:52:35.83+7.43 s3.06–
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