FRASNES-LEZ-ANVAING (BE)

Quarry blast26 February 2021

Magnitude
1.8ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:00:352021-02-26
UTC
12:00:352021-02-26

Main parameters

Date and time2021-02-26 12:00:35 UTC
2021-02-26 13:00:35 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.8
Epicentral coordinates50.644° N, 3.554° E
Uncertainty ± 2.2 km
Event IDROB 12555

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2021-02-26 21:23:43 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
11
Epicentral distance
37.2 – 130.8km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.1km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.2km/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 0.31 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.39 s.

Stations farther than 120 km are left out of the fit: the first waves to reach them have travelled beneath the crust, through the mantle, where they propagate faster.

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)11 stations
SKQSteenkerque37.28912:00:42.55+6.62 s12:00:48.55+12.62 s6.00
BOUBougnies39.713512:00:42.99+7.06 s––
RQRRonquières47.79512:00:44.18+8.25 s––
SNFSeneffe53.810612:00:45.03+9.10 s––
UCCBUccle59.57312:00:47.03+11.10 s––
TGATangissart68.79312:00:47.36+11.43 s––
OSTBOostende79.032712:00:49.48+13.55 s––
MRDMaredsous94.211312:00:52.07+16.14 s12:01:06.10+30.17 s14.03
DOUDourbes96.012912:00:52.45+16.52 s12:01:05.83+29.90 s13.38
GESGesves112.510412:00:55.14+19.21 s12:01:11.72+35.79 s16.58
RCHRochefort130.811412:00:58.35+22.42 s12:01:15.77+39.84 s17.42
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