OLNE (BE)

Known mine explosion22 January 2016

Magnitude
1.5ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:36:472016-01-22
UTC
12:36:472016-01-22

Main parameters

Date and time2016-01-22 12:36:47 UTC
2016-01-22 13:36:47 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.5
Epicentral coordinates50.608° N, 5.702° E
Uncertainty ± 2.4 km
Event IDROB 5445

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2016-01-22 13:46:30 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
10
Epicentral distance
8.1 – 97.2km
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. Depth not determined: hypocenter placed at the surface for the calculation. P wave: 10 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.33 s. S wave: 8 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.42 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°UTCUTCs
Belgian seismic network (Royal Observatory of Belgium)9 stations
LCHLa Chartreuse8.129612:36:49.45+2.01 s12:36:50.23+2.79 s0.78
STISart Tilman10.125412:36:49.48+2.04 s––
EBNEben-Emael21.135512:36:51.92+4.48 s––
MEMSMembach21.88912:36:51.44+4.00 s12:36:54.93+7.49 s3.49
MEMHMembach21.88912:36:51.44+4.00 s12:36:54.90+7.46 s3.46
CLAClavier35.323412:36:53.81+6.37 s12:36:59.07+11.63 s5.26
HOUHouvegnez35.514312:36:54.62+7.18 s12:36:58.08+10.64 s3.46
GESGesves50.124112:36:56.91+9.47 s12:37:03.30+15.86 s6.39
DOUDourbes97.223512:37:04.23+16.79 s12:37:16.06+28.62 s11.83
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve23.84312:36:52.13+4.69 s12:36:55.45+8.01 s3.32
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