JEMELLE (BE)

Known mine explosion24 October 2013

Magnitude
1.2ML
Depth
0.6km ± 4.4
Belgian time
11:48:152013-10-24
UTC
09:48:152013-10-24

Main parameters

Date and time2013-10-24 09:48:15 UTC
2013-10-24 11:48:15 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.2
Epicentral coordinates50.136° N, 5.279° E
Uncertainty ± 3.4 km
Depth of hypocenter0.6 ± 4.4 km
Event IDROB 4990

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2017-11-16 13:38:12 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
5
Epicentral distance
4.3 – 49.2km
Mean velocity, P wave
4.6km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.0km/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 0.6 km. P wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.25 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.27 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)5 stations
RCHRochefort4.329909:48:15.20−0.66 s09:48:15.82−0.04 s0.62–
GESGesves30.933409:48:21.52+5.66 s09:48:25.22+9.36 s3.70–
CLAClavier31.5309:48:21.67+5.81 s09:48:25.53+9.67 s3.8612.8
MRDMaredsous40.929709:48:23.55+7.69 s09:48:28.01+12.15 s4.46–
DOUDourbes49.226509:48:24.95+9.09 s09:48:30.98+15.12 s6.03–
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