MARCHE-EN-FAMENNE (BE)

Quarry blast16 March 2021

Magnitude
1.3ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:13:432021-03-16
UTC
11:13:432021-03-16

Main parameters

Date and time2021-03-16 11:13:43 UTC
2021-03-16 12:13:43 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.3
Epicentral coordinates50.181° N, 5.261° E
Uncertainty ± 0.8 km
Event IDROB 12775

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2021-03-18 14:05:03 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
5
Epicentral distance
3.8 – 61.3km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.0km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.4km/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: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.20 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.22 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)5 stations
RCHRochefort3.822111:13:44.38+0.64 s11:13:45.49+1.75 s1.11
GESGesves25.933111:13:48.41+4.67 s11:13:51.91+8.17 s3.50
CLAClavier26.7611:13:48.49+4.75 s11:13:52.33+8.59 s3.84
DOUDourbes48.625911:13:52.17+8.43 s11:13:58.23+14.49 s6.06
KLBKalborn61.39811:13:54.51+10.77 s11:14:02.07+18.33 s7.56
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