CORTIL-WODON (BE)

Known mine explosion7 August 2015

Magnitude
1.3ML
Depth
2.0km ± 15.4
Belgian time
13:45:312015-08-07
UTC
11:45:312015-08-07

Main parameters

Date and time2015-08-07 11:45:31 UTC
2015-08-07 13:45:31 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.3
Epicentral coordinates50.575° N, 4.975° E
Uncertainty ± 6.8 km
Depth of hypocenter2.0 ± 15.4 km
Event IDROB 5395

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2015-08-07 14:33:44 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
22.6 – 96.5km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.0km/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 2.0 km. P wave: 9 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 1.89 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.52 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
GESGesves22.615911:45:34.89+3.47 s11:45:37.35+5.93 s2.46–
CLAClavier29.012711:45:36.91+5.49 s–––
MRDMaredsous33.720611:45:37.39+5.97 s11:45:41.74+10.32 s4.35–
LCHLa Chartreuse44.88111:45:39.79+8.37 s–––
DOUDourbes59.820711:45:42.20+10.78 s11:45:48.67+17.25 s6.478.8
SKQSteenkerque63.927811:45:36.92+5.50 s–––
MEMSMembach73.48711:45:44.02+12.60 s–––
HOUHouvegnez77.210811:45:43.14+11.72 s11:45:54.94+23.52 s11.80–
KLBKalborn96.512311:45:49.11+17.69 s–––
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