MOZET (BE)

Suspected mine explosion9 May 2006

Magnitude
1.5ML
Depth
2.4km ± 12.3
Belgian time
11:40:472006-05-09
UTC
09:40:472006-05-09

Main parameters

Date and time2006-05-09 09:40:47 UTC
2006-05-09 11:40:47 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.5
Epicentral coordinates50.434° N, 4.989° E
Uncertainty ± 4.0 km
Depth of hypocenter2.4 ± 12.3 km
Event IDROB 2365

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2009-05-30 18:17:43 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
9
Epicentral distance
8.9 – 119.4km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.4km/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. Hypocenter at a depth of 2.4 km. P wave: 9 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 2.52 s. S wave: 8 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 1.67 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°UTCUTCsnm
Belgian seismic network (Royal Observatory of Belgium)9 stations
GESGesves8.912809:40:49.01+1.03 s09:40:51.16+3.18 s2.15267.0
STISart Tilman44.06809:40:55.15+7.17 s09:41:00.52+12.54 s5.3716.0
DOUDourbes47.121709:40:56.59+8.61 s09:41:02.59+14.61 s6.0019.5
SNFSeneffe50.828009:40:55.27+7.29 s09:41:02.29+14.31 s7.0216.0
SKQSteenkerque68.729109:41:07.51+19.53 s–––
MEMSMembach74.97509:41:00.18+12.20 s09:41:11.07+23.09 s10.89–
KLBKalborn88.111509:41:03.43+15.45 s09:41:11.27+23.29 s7.84–
VIAVianden102.912209:41:06.65+18.67 s09:41:21.72+33.74 s15.07–
WLFWalferdange119.413509:41:08.90+20.92 s09:41:22.09+34.11 s13.19–
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