PROFONDEVILLE (BE)

Quarry blast15 January 2018

Magnitude
2.1ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
14:44:592018-01-15
UTC
13:44:592018-01-15

Main parameters

Date and time2018-01-15 13:44:59 UTC
2018-01-15 14:44:59 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.1
Epicentral coordinates50.372° N, 4.858° E
Uncertainty ± 2.2 km
Event IDROB 6220

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2018-01-15 15:37:29 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
4
Epicentral distance
10.1 – 59.0km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.1km/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: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.19 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)4 stations
MRDMaredsous10.121913:45:01.19+2.05 s13:45:02.92+3.78 s1.73
GESGesves16.48513:45:02.47+3.33 s13:45:04.52+5.38 s2.05
CLAClavier32.08013:45:05.28+6.14 s13:45:09.53+10.39 s4.25
UCCSUccle59.032313:45:09.32+10.18 s––
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