NAMUR (BE)

Quarry blast8 March 2021

Magnitude
0.8ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:59:312021-03-08
UTC
11:59:312021-03-08

Main parameters

Date and time2021-03-08 11:59:31 UTC
2021-03-08 12:59:31 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 0.8
Epicentral coordinates50.497° N, 4.913° E
Uncertainty ± 1.2 km
Event IDROB 12735

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2021-03-09 18:26:16 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
17.6 – 50.2km
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: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.27 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.21 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
GESGesves17.613511:59:34.24+3.03 s11:59:36.78+5.57 s2.54
MRDMaredsous24.020611:59:35.66+4.45 s11:59:39.17+7.96 s3.51
CLAClavier28.910711:59:36.50+5.29 s11:59:40.82+9.61 s4.32
TGATangissart30.229411:59:36.13+4.92 s11:59:40.91+9.70 s4.78
SNFSeneffe44.727211:59:39.28+8.07 s––
DOUDourbes50.220711:59:39.60+8.39 s11:59:46.83+15.62 s7.23
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