AYENEUX (BE)

Known mine explosion28 October 2008

Magnitude
0.7ML
Depth
0.9km ± 3.3
Belgian time
17:32:172008-10-28
UTC
16:32:172008-10-28

Main parameters

Date and time2008-10-28 16:32:17 UTC
2008-10-28 17:32:17 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 0.7
Epicentral coordinates50.597° N, 5.716° E
Uncertainty ± 1.2 km
Depth of hypocenter0.9 ± 3.3 km
Event IDROB 3824

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
8
Epicentral distance
9.5 – 67.2km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.3km/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 0.9 km. P wave: 8 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 1.74 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.55 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)8 stations
LCHLa Chartreuse9.529916:32:19.04+1.76 s16:32:20.62+3.34 s1.58–
STISart Tilman10.926216:32:19.10+1.82 s16:32:20.64+3.36 s1.546.1
MEMSMembach20.98616:32:21.12+3.84 s16:32:24.15+6.87 s3.03–
EBNEben-Emael22.435316:32:21.22+3.94 s–––
CLAClavier35.423616:32:23.62+6.34 s16:32:27.16+9.88 s3.547.8
GESGesves50.524216:32:23.30+6.02 s–––
KLBKalborn62.015316:32:28.30+11.02 s16:32:35.15+17.87 s6.85–
GRZGrand Leez67.226916:32:33.37+16.09 s–––
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