DEUX-ACREN (BE)

Known mine explosion26 September 2017

Magnitude
1.6ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:45:292017-09-26
UTC
11:45:292017-09-26

Main parameters

Date and time2017-09-26 11:45:29 UTC
2017-09-26 13:45:29 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.6
Epicentral coordinates50.742° N, 3.839° E
Uncertainty ± 5.0 km
Event IDROB 5910

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2017-10-03 15:05:13 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
3.5 – 159.5km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.6km/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 0.37 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°UTCUTCsnm
Belgian seismic network (Royal Observatory of Belgium)10 stations
LESLessines3.517511:45:29.81+0.49 s11:45:29.91+0.59 s0.10–
SKQSteenkerque20.012111:45:32.62+3.30 s–––
RQRRonquières31.211911:45:34.54+5.22 s–––
BRQBracquegnies35.914411:45:35.60+6.28 s–––
BOUBougnies40.016911:45:36.93+7.61 s–––
GESGesves97.011411:45:46.25+16.93 s–––
CLAClavier109.710911:45:48.12+18.80 s–––
RCHRochefort118.312311:45:50.76+21.44 s11:46:05.04+35.72 s14.28–
MEMSMembach154.29511:45:55.28+25.96 s11:46:13.26+43.94 s17.986.6
HOUHouvegnez159.510511:45:56.31+26.99 s–––
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