CELLES (BE)

Quarry blast29 April 2021

Magnitude
2.0ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:01:162021-04-29
UTC
11:01:162021-04-29

Main parameters

Date and time2021-04-29 11:01:16 UTC
2021-04-29 13:01:16 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.0
Epicentral coordinates50.686° N, 3.397° E
Uncertainty ± 3.5 km
Event IDROB 13270

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2021-04-30 15:35:05 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
14
Epicentral distance
31.6 – 203.5km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.2km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.3km/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: 9 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.36 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.36 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)13 stations
LESLessines31.68511:01:23.32+6.47 s11:01:27.24+10.39 s3.92
SKQSteenkerque48.49511:01:25.33+8.48 s11:01:32.17+15.32 s6.84
BOUBougnies51.013011:01:25.49+8.64 s––
BRQBracquegnies57.111311:01:26.62+9.77 s––
RQRRonquières59.29811:01:26.79+9.94 s––
SNFSeneffe65.710711:01:27.78+10.93 s––
UCCBUccle69.07911:01:29.21+12.36 s11:01:37.86+21.01 s8.65
TGATangissart80.09611:01:30.20+13.35 s––
DOUDourbes107.612711:01:35.15+18.30 s11:01:50.53+33.68 s15.38
GESGesves124.410511:01:37.86+21.01 s11:01:55.05+38.20 s17.19
CLAClavier138.210211:01:40.28+23.43 s––
RCHRochefort142.811411:01:41.36+24.51 s11:01:59.89+43.04 s18.53
KLBKalborn203.510811:01:49.89+33.04 s11:02:15.59+58.74 s25.70
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve179.18611:01:46.64+29.79 s––
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