MARCHE-EN-FAMENNE (BE)

Quarry blast16 November 2021

Magnitude
0.8ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:12:222021-11-16
UTC
12:12:222021-11-16

Main parameters

Date and time2021-11-16 12:12:22 UTC
2021-11-16 13:12:22 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 0.8
Epicentral coordinates50.224° N, 5.419° E
Uncertainty ± 0.3 km
Event IDROB 14755

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2021-11-16 16:39:35 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
15.7 – 51.2km
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: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.07 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
RCHRochefort15.724112:12:25.57+3.20 s12:12:27.49+5.12 s1.92
CLAClavier23.233912:12:26.75+4.38 s12:12:29.66+7.29 s2.91
GESGesves29.730712:12:27.78+5.41 s12:12:31.71+9.34 s3.93
KLBKalborn51.210512:12:31.56+9.19 s12:12:37.74+15.37 s6.18
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