ANDENNE (BE)

Quarry blast2 March 2017

Magnitude
2.0ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
14:22:262017-03-02
UTC
13:22:262017-03-02

Main parameters

Date and time2017-03-02 13:22:26 UTC
2017-03-02 14:22:26 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.0
Epicentral coordinates50.468° N, 5.022° E
Uncertainty ± 5.6 km
Event IDROB 5644

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2017-03-02 14:29:17 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
11
Epicentral distance
10.3 – 120.5km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.8km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.5km/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: 8 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.39 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.30 s.

Stations farther than 120 km are left out of the fit: the first waves to reach them have travelled beneath the crust, through the mantle, where they propagate faster.

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)10 stations
GESGesves10.315313:22:28.34+1.77 s––
CLAClavier20.610513:22:30.38+3.81 s––
MRDMaredsous25.822413:22:31.09+4.52 s13:22:33.64+7.07 s2.55
RCHRochefort37.715713:22:33.19+6.62 s––
STISart Tilman40.57113:22:34.52+7.95 s––
LCHLa Chartreuse45.165–13:22:39.97+13.40 s–
DOUDourbes51.421613:22:35.72+9.15 s––
MEMHMembach71.877–13:22:47.07+20.50 s–
MRGMont Rigi74.98613:22:39.93+13.36 s––
WLFWalferdange120.513713:22:47.28+20.71 s––
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve72.36313:22:38.55+11.98 s13:22:47.30+20.73 s8.75
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