JEMELLE (BE)

Known mine explosion13 February 2014

Magnitude
1.4ML
Depth
2.1km ± 3.5
Belgian time
14:22:232014-02-13
UTC
13:22:232014-02-13

Main parameters

Date and time2014-02-13 13:22:23 UTC
2014-02-13 14:22:23 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.4
Epicentral coordinates50.170° N, 5.267° E
Uncertainty ± 1.4 km
Depth of hypocenter2.1 ± 3.5 km
Event IDROB 5049

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2014-02-14 11:40:05 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
11
Epicentral distance
3.3 – 99.8km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.6km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.3km/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 2.1 km. P wave: 11 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.36 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.26 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)11 stations
RCHRochefort3.324013:22:24.23+0.62 s–––
GESGesves27.233213:22:28.27+4.66 s13:22:31.82+8.21 s3.55–
CLAClavier27.8513:22:28.53+4.92 s13:22:32.11+8.50 s3.5840.5
MRDMaredsous38.529313:22:30.10+6.49 s13:22:34.72+11.11 s4.62–
DOUDourbes48.826013:22:32.00+8.39 s13:22:37.95+14.34 s5.9510.3
STISart Tilman50.62513:22:31.69+8.08 s–––
HOUHouvegnez56.46813:22:33.09+9.48 s–––
LCHLa Chartreuse57.32413:22:32.96+9.35 s–––
KLBKalborn60.79713:22:34.54+10.93 s–––
MEMHMembach71.94713:22:36.44+12.83 s–––
SKQSteenkerque99.830313:22:41.55+17.94 s–––
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