ANTOING (BE)

Known mine explosion20 September 2013

Magnitude
1.2ML
Depth
1.2km ± 21.1
Belgian time
13:07:262013-09-20
UTC
11:07:262013-09-20

Main parameters

Date and time2013-09-20 11:07:26 UTC
2013-09-20 13:07:26 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.2
Epicentral coordinates50.510° N, 3.449° E
Uncertainty ± 12.1 km
Depth of hypocenter1.2 ± 21.1 km
Event IDROB 4970

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2013-09-23 08:04:27 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
35.8 – 131.9km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.7km/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 1.2 km. P wave: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.47 s.

Stations farther than 120 km are left out of the fit: the first waves to reach them have travelled beneath the crust, through the mantle, where they propagate faster.

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
LESLessines35.85111:07:32.28+5.94 s11:07:36.62+10.28 s4.34–
BOUBougnies37.711111:07:32.05+5.71 s–––
SKQSteenkerque47.37111:07:34.79+8.45 s11:07:40.06+13.72 s5.275.8
RQRRonquières56.07911:07:36.31+9.97 s–––
SNFSeneffe59.29011:07:37.17+10.83 s–––
DOUDourbes93.811911:07:42.16+15.82 s–––
CLAClavier131.99411:07:49.66+23.32 s11:08:08.12+41.78 s18.465.9
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