NESSONVAUX (BE)

Known mine explosion24 March 2014

Magnitude
1.1ML
Depth
4.3km ± 6.4
Belgian time
16:53:282014-03-24
UTC
15:53:282014-03-24

Main parameters

Date and time2014-03-24 15:53:28 UTC
2014-03-24 16:53:28 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.1
Epicentral coordinates50.584° N, 5.722° E
Uncertainty ± 1.7 km
Depth of hypocenter4.3 ± 6.4 km
Event IDROB 5085

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2014-03-25 08:11:59 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
9
Epicentral distance
10.6 – 97.0km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.8km/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 4.3 km. P wave: 9 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.30 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.29 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)9 stations
LCHLa Chartreuse10.630515:53:29.95+1.53 s15:53:32.18+3.76 s2.23–
STISart Tilman11.226915:53:29.83+1.41 s–––
MEMHMembach20.68215:53:31.93+3.51 s15:53:35.06+6.64 s3.13–
EBNEben-Emael23.835315:53:32.90+4.48 s–––
HOUHouvegnez32.614215:53:33.90+5.48 s–––
CLAClavier35.023815:53:33.91+5.49 s15:53:38.86+10.44 s4.959.7
GESGesves50.224415:53:37.05+8.63 s15:53:43.35+14.93 s6.30–
KLBKalborn60.515315:53:38.84+10.42 s–––
DOUDourbes97.023615:53:45.09+16.67 s15:53:57.28+28.86 s12.19–
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