HOTTON (BE)

Quarry blast30 April 2021

Magnitude
1.3ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
11:56:552021-04-30
UTC
09:56:552021-04-30

Main parameters

Date and time2021-04-30 09:56:55 UTC
2021-04-30 11:56:55 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.3
Epicentral coordinates50.240° N, 5.435° E
Uncertainty ± 2.8 km
Event IDROB 13275

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2021-04-30 15:37:15 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
17.6 – 62.1km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.7km/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: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.35 s. S wave: 7 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)7 stations
RCHRochefort17.623809:56:58.25+2.90 s09:57:00.69+5.34 s2.44
CLAClavier22.033509:56:59.16+3.81 s09:57:02.42+7.07 s3.26
GESGesves29.630309:57:00.43+5.08 s09:57:04.49+9.14 s4.06
HOUHouvegnez42.67209:57:02.81+7.46 s09:57:08.23+12.88 s5.42
MRDMaredsous48.027909:57:03.18+7.83 s09:57:09.82+14.47 s6.64
KLBKalborn50.610809:57:04.25+8.90 s09:57:10.36+15.01 s6.11
DOUDourbes62.125509:57:06.92+11.57 s09:57:14.00+18.65 s7.08
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