LA ROCHE-EN-ARDENNE (BE)

Quarry blast12 May 2021

Magnitude
1.4ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
14:03:012021-05-12
UTC
12:03:012021-05-12

Main parameters

Date and time2021-05-12 12:03:01 UTC
2021-05-12 14:03:01 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.4
Epicentral coordinates50.199° N, 5.605° E
Uncertainty ± 0.8 km
Event IDROB 13440

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2021-05-17 10:51:24 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
5
Epicentral distance
27.4 – 53.9km
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 0.21 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.24 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
RCHRochefort27.426012:03:05.92+4.74 s12:03:09.87+8.69 s3.95
CLAClavier32.631912:03:06.92+5.74 s12:03:11.50+10.32 s4.58
KLBKalborn37.710712:03:08.09+6.91 s12:03:12.80+11.62 s4.71
GESGesves42.329912:03:08.68+7.50 s12:03:14.35+13.17 s5.67
MEMHMembach53.93212:03:10.91+9.73 s12:03:17.14+15.96 s6.23
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