MARCHE-EN-FAMENNE (BE)

Quarry blast29 October 2021

Magnitude
1.7ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:27:052021-10-29
UTC
10:27:052021-10-29

Main parameters

Date and time2021-10-29 10:27:05 UTC
2021-10-29 12:27:05 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.7
Epicentral coordinates50.179° N, 5.254° E
Uncertainty ± 3.1 km
Event IDROB 14710

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2021-11-08 14:25:09 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
4
Epicentral distance
3.3 – 61.7km
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: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.13 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.09 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)4 stations
RCHRochefort3.321610:27:06.12+0.53 s10:27:06.87+1.28 s0.75
CLAClavier26.9710:27:10.32+4.73 s10:27:13.70+8.11 s3.38
DOUDourbes48.125910:27:13.69+8.10 s10:27:19.76+14.17 s6.07
KLBKalborn61.79810:27:16.25+10.66 s10:27:23.84+18.25 s7.59
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