SOUTHERN NORTH SEA

Controlled explosion18 May 2005

Magnitude
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Depth
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Belgian time
13:09:562005-05-18
UTC
11:09:562005-05-18

Main parameters

Date and time2005-05-18 11:09:56 UTC
2005-05-18 13:09:56 Belgian time
Magnitude–
Epicentral coordinates52.354° N, 4.309° E
Uncertainty ± 6.6 km
Event IDROB 2372

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2019-11-25 13:43:04 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
173.2 – 280.5km
  • P wave
  • S wave

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
UCCAUccle173.217911:10:28.27+32.13 s11:10:43.64+47.50 s15.37
SKQSteenkerque190.318511:10:29.08+32.94 s11:10:51.45+55.31 s22.37
RQRRonquières194.518211:10:29.75+33.61 s11:10:51.96+55.82 s22.21
BOUBougnies220.018711:10:35.24+39.10 s––
GESGesves225.616611:10:37.19+41.05 s11:11:04.24+68.10 s27.05
DOUDourbes252.117511:10:40.31+44.17 s11:11:10.43+74.29 s30.12
KLBKalborn280.515311:10:44.32+48.18 s––
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