LA ROCHE-EN-ARDENNE (BE)

Quarry blast24 February 2021

Magnitude
1.7ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
17:39:212021-02-24
UTC
16:39:212021-02-24

Main parameters

Date and time2021-02-24 16:39:21 UTC
2021-02-24 17:39:21 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.7
Epicentral coordinates50.195° N, 5.596° E
Uncertainty ± 0.7 km
Event IDROB 12545

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2021-02-26 21:22:45 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
26.7 – 72.4km
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: 8 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.18 s. S wave: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.28 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)8 stations
RCHRochefort26.726016:39:26.40+4.60 s16:39:29.95+8.15 s3.55
CLAClavier32.532016:39:27.49+5.69 s16:39:32.08+10.28 s4.59
HOUHouvegnez34.15916:39:27.69+5.89 s––
KLBKalborn38.210616:39:28.64+6.84 s16:39:33.70+11.90 s5.06
GESGesves41.930016:39:29.26+7.46 s16:39:35.08+13.28 s5.82
VIAVianden52.212316:39:31.27+9.47 s16:39:37.66+15.86 s6.39
MEMHMembach54.63216:39:31.40+9.60 s16:39:38.21+16.41 s6.81
DOUDourbes72.426216:39:34.14+12.34 s16:39:44.42+22.62 s10.28
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