CELLES (BE)

Quarry blast7 July 2021

Magnitude
1.9ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:02:222021-07-07
UTC
11:02:222021-07-07

Main parameters

Date and time2021-07-07 11:02:22 UTC
2021-07-07 13:02:22 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.9
Epicentral coordinates50.698° N, 3.416° E
Uncertainty ± 2.0 km
Event IDROB 13910

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2021-07-08 10:25:23 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
30.2 – 142.2km
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: 11 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.51 s. S wave: 8 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.51 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)14 stations
LESLessines30.28711:02:26.51+4.37 s11:02:32.31+10.17 s5.80
SKQSteenkerque47.39611:02:30.63+8.49 s11:02:36.17+14.03 s5.54
BOUBougnies50.913211:02:30.61+8.47 s11:02:37.52+15.38 s6.91
BRQBracquegnies56.511511:02:31.87+9.73 s––
RQRRonquières58.210011:02:32.10+9.96 s11:02:39.82+17.68 s7.72
SNFSeneffe64.910811:02:33.02+10.88 s––
UCCBUccle67.68011:02:32.46+10.32 s11:02:42.06+19.92 s9.60
OSTBOostende68.733111:02:33.98+11.84 s––
TGATangissart78.99711:02:36.03+13.89 s11:02:45.62+23.48 s9.59
MRDMaredsous105.611411:02:40.01+17.87 s11:02:54.05+31.91 s14.04
DOUDourbes107.412811:02:40.72+18.58 s11:02:53.33+31.19 s12.61
GESGesves123.510611:02:42.95+20.81 s11:02:59.04+36.90 s16.09
CLAClavier137.210211:02:45.01+22.87 s11:03:04.09+41.95 s19.08
RCHRochefort142.211411:02:47.24+25.10 s11:03:05.50+43.36 s18.26
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