ROCHEFORT (BE)

Quarry blast21 October 2022

Magnitude
1.5ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:48:492022-10-21
UTC
10:48:492022-10-21

Main parameters

Date and time2022-10-21 10:48:49 UTC
2022-10-21 12:48:49 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.5
Epicentral coordinates50.182° N, 5.237° E
Uncertainty ± 0.8 km
Event IDROB 17435

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-10-22 18:58:54 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
3.1 – 63.0km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.8km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.5km/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: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.25 s. S wave: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.39 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)7 stations
RCHRochefort3.119410:48:49.99+0.63 s10:48:50.45+1.09 s0.46
GESGesves24.933510:48:54.08+4.72 s10:48:57.47+8.11 s3.39
CLAClavier26.71010:48:54.22+4.86 s10:48:57.77+8.41 s3.55
MRDMaredsous36.029210:48:55.97+6.61 s10:49:00.00+10.64 s4.03
DOUDourbes47.025810:48:57.80+8.44 s10:49:03.72+14.36 s5.92
HOUHouvegnez57.97010:49:00.08+10.72 s10:49:05.81+16.45 s5.73
KLBKalborn63.09810:49:00.13+10.77 s10:49:08.11+18.75 s7.98
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