ROCKESKYLL (DE)

Quarry blast26 February 2018

Magnitude
2.1ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:30:272018-02-26
UTC
11:30:272018-02-26

Main parameters

Date and time2018-02-26 11:30:27 UTC
2018-02-26 12:30:27 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.1
Epicentral coordinates50.254° N, 6.698° E
Uncertainty ± 3.1 km
Event IDROB 6370

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2018-02-26 13:03:19 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
9
Epicentral distance
45.4 – 151.2km
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: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.19 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)8 stations
KLBKalborn45.424811:30:34.82+7.49 s11:30:40.67+13.34 s5.85
VIAVianden50.222511:30:35.54+8.21 s––
HOUHouvegnez50.628311:30:35.96+8.63 s––
MEMSMembach62.830911:30:38.06+10.73 s11:30:45.66+18.33 s7.60
WLFWalferdange76.421111:30:40.62+13.29 s11:30:49.84+22.51 s9.22
GESGesves115.627811:30:46.92+19.59 s––
OPTOpitter121.432211:30:48.00+20.67 s––
DOUDourbes151.226411:30:52.16+24.83 s––
German Regional Seismic Network (BGR, Germany)1 station
TNSTaunus Observatorium Kleiner Feldberg124.99111:30:48.60+21.27 s––
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