SART-BERNARD (BE)

Known mine explosion5 September 2012

Magnitude
1.3ML
Depth
1.0km ± 12.2
Belgian time
12:50:482012-09-05
UTC
10:50:482012-09-05

Main parameters

Date and time2012-09-05 10:50:48 UTC
2012-09-05 12:50:48 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.3
Epicentral coordinates50.391° N, 4.940° E
Uncertainty ± 13.0 km
Depth of hypocenter1.0 ± 12.2 km
Event IDROB 4771

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2012-09-06 07:43:52 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
10.5 – 71.5km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.7km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.7km/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 0.53 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.71 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
GESGesves10.59410:50:50.31+1.42 s10:50:52.98+4.09 s2.67–
MRDMaredsous15.823110:50:52.11+3.22 s–––
CLAClavier25.98310:50:52.84+3.95 s10:50:56.85+7.96 s4.0120.4
DOUDourbes41.121710:50:56.09+7.20 s–––
MN9Mons - SWDE71.027510:51:00.57+11.68 s10:51:09.92+21.03 s9.35–
MN4Mons - IDEA station de pompage71.127710:51:00.57+11.68 s10:51:08.41+19.52 s7.84–
MN1Mons - Lotto Mons Expo71.527610:50:59.54+10.65 s10:51:08.13+19.24 s8.59–
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