FLERON (BE)

Known mine explosion5 August 2008

Magnitude
1.5ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
14:07:012008-08-05
UTC
12:07:012008-08-05

Main parameters

Date and time2008-08-05 12:07:01 UTC
2008-08-05 14:07:01 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.5
Epicentral coordinates50.847° N, 5.725° E
Uncertainty ± 7.4 km
Event IDROB 3106

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2010-02-26 10:28:24 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
6
Epicentral distance
31.5 – 87.5km
Mean velocity, P wave
7.6km/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. Depth not determined: hypocenter placed at the surface for the calculation. P wave: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 1.04 s. S wave: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 1.73 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)6 stations
STISart Tilman31.520112:07:10.36+8.39 s12:07:12.72+10.75 s2.3631.5
MEMSMembach33.314312:07:08.47+6.50 s12:07:17.06+15.09 s8.5919.0
ROBRobertville51.614812:07:13.50+11.53 s12:07:18.89+16.92 s5.397.8
CLAClavier56.321212:07:13.32+11.35 s12:07:17.24+15.27 s3.9238.2
GESGesves68.422212:07:16.23+14.26 s12:07:23.14+21.17 s6.9124.5
KLBKalborn87.516212:07:18.35+16.38 s12:07:24.93+22.96 s6.587.1
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