FLOREE (BE)

Known mine explosion21 August 2008

Magnitude
1.6ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:56:042008-08-21
UTC
11:56:042008-08-21

Main parameters

Date and time2008-08-21 11:56:04 UTC
2008-08-21 13:56:04 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.6
Epicentral coordinates50.494° N, 4.936° E
Uncertainty ± 3.9 km
Event IDROB 3147

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2010-02-26 11:48:41 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
16.2 – 94.4km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.6km/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. Depth not determined: hypocenter placed at the surface for the calculation. P wave: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.65 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.63 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
GESGesves16.213811:56:08.52+4.35 s11:56:09.92+5.75 s1.40–
CLAClavier27.310811:56:10.61+6.44 s11:56:13.23+9.06 s2.6268.0
STISart Tilman45.67711:56:14.84+10.67 s11:56:20.09+15.92 s5.2513.7
DOUDourbes50.620911:56:15.99+11.82 s11:56:20.50+16.33 s4.51–
MEMSMembach77.28011:56:19.58+15.41 s–––
KLBKalborn94.411711:56:22.01+17.84 s–––
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