AYENEUX (BE)

Known mine explosion1 September 2016

Magnitude
1.3ML
Depth
7.4km ± 2.1
Belgian time
15:41:532016-09-01
UTC
13:41:532016-09-01

Main parameters

Date and time2016-09-01 13:41:53 UTC
2016-09-01 15:41:53 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.3
Epicentral coordinates50.608° N, 5.710° E
Uncertainty ± 1.1 km
Depth of hypocenter7.4 ± 2.1 km
Event IDROB 5548

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2016-09-02 07:25:46 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
8.5 – 97.7km
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 7.4 km. P wave: 9 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.24 s. S wave: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.39 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)10 stations
LCHLa Chartreuse8.529413:41:54.53+1.42 s13:41:56.32+3.21 s1.79–
EBNEben-Emael21.135413:41:57.22+4.11 s–––
MEMHMembach21.39013:41:56.75+3.64 s13:42:00.21+7.10 s3.46–
MRGMont Rigi28.111313:41:58.18+5.07 s13:42:01.67+8.56 s3.49–
TNLTernell29.99513:41:58.12+5.01 s13:42:02.29+9.18 s4.17–
HOUHouvegnez35.2143–13:42:03.70+10.59 s––
CLAClavier35.823413:41:59.20+6.09 s13:42:04.64+11.53 s5.4414.8
KLBKalborn63.315313:42:03.94+10.83 s13:42:11.32+18.21 s7.38–
MRDMaredsous75.024313:42:05.80+12.69 s–––
DOUDourbes97.723513:42:09.54+16.43 s–––
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