COUSOLRE (FR)

Quarry blast14 May 2018

Magnitude
1.8ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:08:062018-05-14
UTC
11:08:062018-05-14

Main parameters

Date and time2018-05-14 11:08:06 UTC
2018-05-14 13:08:06 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.8
Epicentral coordinates50.239° N, 4.116° E
Uncertainty ± 2.4 km
Event IDROB 6610

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2018-05-16 11:23:51 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
13
Epicentral distance
20.7 – 153.0km
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: 8 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.26 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)13 stations
BOUBougnies20.732411:08:09.96+3.64 s11:08:12.94+6.62 s2.98
BRQBracquegnies27.0311:08:11.49+5.17 s––
DOUDourbes37.811511:08:13.02+6.70 s11:08:17.82+11.50 s4.80
RQRRonquières41.61111:08:13.84+7.52 s––
MRDMaredsous47.08111:08:14.27+7.95 s––
LESLessines56.034011:08:16.30+9.98 s11:08:23.18+16.86 s6.88
UCCSUccle64.51511:08:16.99+10.67 s––
GESGesves71.07611:08:18.71+12.39 s––
HOUHouvegnez135.28411:08:28.82+22.50 s––
MEMSMembach140.77211:08:30.21+23.89 s––
MRGMont Rigi142.67711:08:30.93+24.61 s––
KLBKalborn143.29511:08:30.46+24.14 s––
VIAVianden153.010211:08:32.30+25.98 s––
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