CELLES (BE)

Quarry blast13 April 2021

Magnitude
1.9ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:54:082021-04-13
UTC
10:54:082021-04-13

Main parameters

Date and time2021-04-13 10:54:08 UTC
2021-04-13 12:54:08 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.9
Epicentral coordinates50.698° N, 3.392° E
Uncertainty ± 5.1 km
Event IDROB 13105

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2021-04-13 14:08:24 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
7
Epicentral distance
48.9 – 204.3km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.6km/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 0.24 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)7 stations
SKQSteenkerque48.99610:54:16.29+8.11 s10:54:23.00+14.82 s6.71
BRQBracquegnies57.911410:54:17.24+9.06 s––
SNFSeneffe66.510810:54:19.42+11.24 s––
MRDMaredsous107.111410:54:26.47+18.29 s––
DOUDourbes108.712810:54:26.77+18.59 s10:54:40.19+32.01 s13.42
GESGesves125.110610:54:29.39+21.21 s10:54:46.34+38.16 s16.95
KLBKalborn204.310810:54:41.34+33.16 s––
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