OLNE (BE)

Quarry blast29 April 2016

Magnitude
1.8ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:52:492016-04-29
UTC
11:52:492016-04-29

Main parameters

Date and time2016-04-29 11:52:49 UTC
2016-04-29 13:52:49 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.8
Epicentral coordinates50.577° N, 5.718° E
Uncertainty ± 2.3 km
Event IDROB 5485

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2016-04-29 15:56:05 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
12
Epicentral distance
10.9 – 106.1km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.7km/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. Depth not determined: hypocenter placed at the surface for the calculation. P wave: 12 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.33 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.11 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)11 stations
LCHLa Chartreuse10.931011:52:50.94+1.18 s11:52:52.79+3.03 s1.85
STISart Tilman11.027411:52:51.06+1.30 s––
MEMSMembach21.08011:52:53.15+3.39 s––
MEMHMembach21.08011:52:53.15+3.39 s11:52:55.90+6.14 s2.75
EBNEben-Emael24.735311:52:53.37+3.61 s11:52:56.76+7.00 s3.39
HOUHouvegnez32.014011:52:55.60+5.84 s––
CLAClavier34.323911:52:55.58+5.82 s––
GESGesves49.624511:52:58.61+8.85 s11:53:04.65+14.89 s6.04
RCHRochefort58.521711:53:00.17+10.41 s––
DOUDourbes96.323711:53:06.34+16.58 s––
WLFWalferdange106.116311:53:07.74+17.98 s––
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve25.73611:52:53.75+3.99 s11:52:57.40+7.64 s3.65
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