LONTZEN (BE)

Quarry blast8 May 2014

Magnitude
2.1ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
11:49:182014-05-08
UTC
09:49:182014-05-08

Main parameters

Date and time2014-05-08 09:49:18 UTC
2014-05-08 11:49:18 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.1
Epicentral coordinates50.656° N, 5.968° E
Uncertainty ± 3.3 km
Event IDROB 5117

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2025-09-02 16:09:14 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
6.0 – 69.3km
Mean velocity, P wave
7.3km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.5km/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. Depth not determined: hypocenter placed at the surface for the calculation. P wave: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 1.24 s. S wave: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.62 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
MEMSMembach6.015009:49:19.30+0.97 s09:49:20.55+2.22 s1.25861.2
MRGMont Rigi17.815509:49:21.99+3.66 s09:49:24.88+6.55 s2.89–
EBNEben-Emael25.8308–09:49:27.02+8.69 s––
LCHLa Chartreuse26.126609:49:23.13+4.80 s09:49:26.29+7.96 s3.1673.4
HOUHouvegnez33.717509:49:23.88+5.55 s09:49:28.39+10.06 s4.5151.9
CLAClavier54.024109:49:24.01+5.68 s09:49:33.24+14.91 s9.23–
GESGesves69.324509:49:30.10+11.77 s09:49:39.26+20.93 s9.16–
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