HILLESHEIM (DE)

Quarry blast2 February 2018

Magnitude
2.2ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
11:14:362018-02-02
UTC
10:14:362018-02-02

Main parameters

Date and time2018-02-02 10:14:36 UTC
2018-02-02 11:14:36 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.2
Epicentral coordinates50.291° N, 6.670° E
Uncertainty ± 1.5 km
Event IDROB 6265

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2018-02-02 11:26:28 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
6
Epicentral distance
45.4 – 149.8km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.8km/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 0.13 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)5 stations
KLBKalborn45.424210:14:44.02+7.70 s10:14:50.53+14.21 s6.51
HOUHouvegnez47.927910:14:44.56+8.24 s10:14:50.49+14.17 s5.93
VIAVianden51.922010:14:44.89+8.57 s––
WLFWalferdange79.120810:14:49.84+13.52 s10:14:59.50+23.18 s9.66
DOUDourbes149.826210:15:01.90+25.58 s10:15:21.05+44.73 s19.15
German Regional Seismic Network (BGR, Germany)1 station
TNSTaunus Observatorium Kleiner Feldberg127.09310:14:58.47+22.15 s––
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