BULLINGEN (BE)

Quarry blast2 May 2017

Magnitude
1.8ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:08:342017-05-02
UTC
10:08:342017-05-02

Main parameters

Date and time2017-05-02 10:08:34 UTC
2017-05-02 12:08:34 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.8
Epicentral coordinates50.376° N, 6.400° E
Uncertainty ± 1.6 km
Event IDROB 5685

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2017-05-02 13:40:41 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
8
Epicentral distance
27.5 – 81.2km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.8km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.6km/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 1.05 s. S wave: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 1.67 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)7 stations
MRGMont Rigi27.530310:08:41.51+6.70 s10:08:43.63+8.82 s2.12–
HOUHouvegnez28.226510:08:41.29+6.48 s10:08:42.86+8.05 s1.5773.3
KLBKalborn37.121410:08:46.16+11.35 s10:08:50.56+15.75 s4.40–
MEMHMembach37.931310:08:43.36+8.55 s10:08:46.68+11.87 s3.32–
MEMSMembach37.931310:08:43.44+8.63 s10:08:46.70+11.89 s3.26–
EBNEben-Emael69.331310:08:48.51+13.70 s–––
WLFWalferdange81.219310:08:50.70+15.89 s–––
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve54.432310:08:45.65+10.84 s10:08:52.08+17.27 s6.43–
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