SPRIMONT (BE)

Quarry blast2 May 2017

Magnitude
1.3ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
15:05:592017-05-02
UTC
13:05:592017-05-02

Main parameters

Date and time2017-05-02 13:05:59 UTC
2017-05-02 15:05:59 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.3
Epicentral coordinates50.488° N, 5.621° E
Uncertainty ± 3.3 km
Event IDROB 5686

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2017-05-03 10:01:50 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
11.3 – 110.6km
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: 11 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.24 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.22 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
STISart Tilman11.333913:06:01.71+1.85 s––
LCHLa Chartreuse16.935513:06:02.76+2.90 s––
CLAClavier23.925113:06:03.70+3.84 s13:06:06.57+6.71 s2.87
MEMSMembach30.76413:06:04.53+4.67 s13:06:08.99+9.13 s4.46
MEMHMembach30.76413:06:05.09+5.23 s13:06:08.99+9.13 s3.90
HOUHouvegnez31.111813:06:05.09+5.23 s––
MRGMont Rigi32.38513:06:05.26+5.40 s13:06:09.16+9.30 s3.90
EBNEben-Emael34.6713:06:05.47+5.61 s––
GESGesves39.625313:06:06.49+6.63 s13:06:11.96+12.10 s5.47
DOUDourbes85.224013:06:14.06+14.20 s––
SKQSteenkerque110.628013:06:19.34+19.48 s––
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