LA ROCHE-EN-ARDENNE (BE)

Quarry blast30 July 2021

Magnitude
1.6ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:45:062021-07-30
UTC
10:45:062021-07-30

Main parameters

Date and time2021-07-30 10:45:06 UTC
2021-07-30 12:45:06 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.6
Epicentral coordinates50.191° N, 5.591° E
Uncertainty ± 0.6 km
Event IDROB 14055

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2021-07-30 16:07:28 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
6
Epicentral distance
26.3 – 55.3km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.9km/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: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.09 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.29 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)6 stations
RCHRochefort26.326210:45:11.21+4.75 s10:45:14.63+8.17 s3.42
CLAClavier32.732110:45:12.28+5.82 s10:45:16.68+10.22 s4.40
HOUHouvegnez34.75810:45:12.55+6.09 s––
KLBKalborn38.410510:45:13.41+6.95 s10:45:18.05+11.59 s4.64
GESGesves41.930110:45:13.99+7.53 s10:45:19.87+13.41 s5.88
MEMHMembach55.33210:45:16.17+9.71 s10:45:23.06+16.60 s6.89
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