LONTZEN (BE)

Quarry blast16 March 2021

Magnitude
0.7ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:43:462021-03-16
UTC
11:43:462021-03-16

Main parameters

Date and time2021-03-16 11:43:46 UTC
2021-03-16 12:43:46 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 0.7
Epicentral coordinates50.664° N, 6.038° E
Uncertainty ± 0.7 km
Event IDROB 12770

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2021-03-18 14:04:24 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
6.5 – 17.2km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.4km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
2.8km/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 0.09 s. S wave: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.14 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)4 stations
MEMHMembach6.519811:43:47.44+1.05 s11:43:48.93+2.54 s1.49
MEMSMembach6.519811:43:47.51+1.12 s11:43:48.70+2.31 s1.19
TNLTernell10.814311:43:48.43+2.04 s11:43:50.26+3.87 s1.83
MRGMont Rigi17.217111:43:49.60+3.21 s11:43:52.52+6.13 s2.92
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)2 stations
HGNHeimansgroeve13.432611:43:48.94+2.55 s11:43:51.18+4.79 s2.24
TERZTerziet13.931811:43:49.07+2.68 s11:43:51.07+4.68 s2.00
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