AYENEUX (BE)

Known mine explosion24 July 2009

Magnitude
1.5ML
Depth
1.0km ± 3.6
Belgian time
16:36:562009-07-24
UTC
14:36:562009-07-24

Main parameters

Date and time2009-07-24 14:36:56 UTC
2009-07-24 16:36:56 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.5
Epicentral coordinates50.602° N, 5.721° E
Uncertainty ± 1.5 km
Depth of hypocenter1.0 ± 3.6 km
Event IDROB 3494

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2012-04-27 16:33:58 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
9.5 – 98.0km
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 1.0 km. P wave: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.36 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.46 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)7 stations
LCHLa Chartreuse9.529514:36:57.86+1.49 s14:36:59.65+3.28 s1.79–
STISart Tilman11.325914:36:57.98+1.61 s–––
MEMSMembach20.58814:36:59.98+3.61 s–––
EBNEben-Emael21.935214:37:00.43+4.06 s–––
ROBRobertville32.112114:37:02.14+5.77 s14:37:06.36+9.99 s4.22–
GESGesves51.124214:37:04.51+8.14 s14:37:11.99+15.62 s7.48–
DOUDourbes98.023514:37:13.32+16.95 s14:37:24.54+28.17 s11.229.4
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