VELBERT (DE)

Quarry blast21 January 2022

Magnitude
1.9ML
Depth
30.0km
Belgian time
11:41:022022-01-21
UTC
10:41:022022-01-21

Main parameters

Date and time2022-01-21 10:41:02 UTC
2022-01-21 11:41:02 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.9
Epicentral coordinates51.355° N, 7.017° E
Uncertainty ± 3.0 km
Depth of hypocenter30.0 km
Event IDROB 15235

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-01-21 14:50:59 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
7
Epicentral distance
69.7 – 153.6km
Mean velocity, P wave
11.1km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
4.4km/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. Hypocenter at a depth of 30.0 km. P wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.86 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.56 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)4 stations
MRGMont Rigi114.921610:41:19.62+17.06 s10:41:36.06+33.50 s16.44
HOUHouvegnez132.2213–10:41:37.89+35.33 s–
STISart Tilman133.423110:41:19.99+17.43 s––
KLBKalborn153.620510:41:26.97+24.41 s10:41:41.92+39.36 s14.95
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)3 stations
WTSBWinterswijk New69.734810:41:16.26+13.70 s10:41:26.07+23.51 s9.81
HGNHeimansgroeve100.523010:41:17.49+14.93 s10:41:31.97+29.41 s14.48
TERZTerziet102.423010:41:20.04+17.48 s10:41:33.92+31.36 s13.88
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