FLOREE (BE)

Known mine explosion29 July 2008

Magnitude
1.5ML
Depth
5.0km ± 2.1
Belgian time
11:42:032008-07-29
UTC
09:42:032008-07-29

Main parameters

Date and time2008-07-29 09:42:03 UTC
2008-07-29 11:42:03 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.5
Epicentral coordinates50.387° N, 5.080° E
Uncertainty ± 4.3 km
Depth of hypocenter5.0 ± 2.1 km
Event IDROB 3123

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2009-08-19 14:39:02 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
5
Epicentral distance
0.6 – 70.5km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.0km/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 5.0 km. P wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.50 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.36 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)5 stations
GESGesves0.611109:42:04.13+0.50 s09:42:05.43+1.80 s1.30138.0
CLAClavier16.27709:42:05.83+2.20 s09:42:09.26+5.63 s3.4385.0
RCHRochefort27.815809:42:08.90+5.27 s–––
DOUDourbes47.422709:42:11.12+7.49 s09:42:17.81+14.18 s6.696.3
MEMSMembach70.56909:42:15.85+12.22 s09:42:24.19+20.56 s8.3413.3
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