ANTOING (BE)

Known mine explosion22 August 2014

Magnitude
1.4ML
Depth
1.0km
Belgian time
13:03:352014-08-22
UTC
11:03:352014-08-22

Main parameters

Date and time2014-08-22 11:03:35 UTC
2014-08-22 13:03:35 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.4
Epicentral coordinates50.672° N, 3.398° E
Uncertainty ± 3.9 km
Depth of hypocenter1.0 km
Event IDROB 5177

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2014-08-25 09:45:15 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
31.7 – 106.6km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.0km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.4km/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 1.0 km. P wave: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.37 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.37 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
LESLessines31.78211:03:42.12+6.24 s11:03:45.92+10.04 s3.80–
SKQSteenkerque48.39311:03:44.21+8.33 s11:03:49.88+14.00 s5.678.3
BOUBougnies49.912911:03:44.60+8.72 s11:03:50.39+14.51 s5.7924.4
BRQBracquegnies56.411211:03:45.23+9.35 s11:03:52.40+16.52 s7.17–
RQRRonquières58.99711:03:45.59+9.71 s–––
SNFSeneffe65.210611:03:46.60+10.72 s–––
DOUDourbes106.612711:03:54.11+18.23 s11:04:07.66+31.78 s13.55–
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