MARCHE-EN-FAMENNE (BE)

Quarry blast22 February 2021

Magnitude
1.6ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
11:58:592021-02-22
UTC
10:58:592021-02-22

Main parameters

Date and time2021-02-22 10:58:59 UTC
2021-02-22 11:58:59 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.6
Epicentral coordinates50.188° N, 5.246° E
Uncertainty ± 1.1 km
Event IDROB 12680

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2021-03-05 15:01:37 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
6
Epicentral distance
4.0 – 62.5km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.9km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.5km/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: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.29 s. S wave: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.68 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)6 stations
RCHRochefort4.020010:59:00.67+0.82 s10:59:01.30+1.45 s0.63
GESGesves24.633310:59:03.96+4.11 s10:59:07.95+8.10 s3.99
CLAClavier26.0910:59:04.76+4.91 s10:59:08.33+8.48 s3.57
MRDMaredsous36.329110:59:06.81+6.96 s10:59:10.44+10.59 s3.63
DOUDourbes47.725810:59:08.39+8.54 s10:59:12.54+12.69 s4.15
KLBKalborn62.59910:59:10.75+10.90 s10:59:18.46+18.61 s7.71
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