WALSDORF (DE)

Quarry blast28 May 2018

Magnitude
2.2ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
10:18:222018-05-28
UTC
08:18:222018-05-28

Main parameters

Date and time2018-05-28 08:18:22 UTC
2018-05-28 10:18:22 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.2
Epicentral coordinates50.274° N, 6.702° E
Uncertainty ± 1.6 km
Event IDROB 6630

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2018-05-28 10:27:48 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
5
Epicentral distance
46.5 – 124.7km
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: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.52 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)4 stations
KLBKalborn46.524608:18:30.07+7.81 s08:18:36.05+13.79 s5.98
VIAVianden52.022408:18:31.94+9.68 s08:18:37.47+15.21 s5.53
WLFWalferdange78.521008:18:35.41+13.15 s08:18:45.22+22.96 s9.81
LCHLa Chartreuse88.229808:18:38.25+15.99 s––
German Regional Seismic Network (BGR, Germany)1 station
TNSTaunus Observatorium Kleiner Feldberg124.79208:18:43.84+21.58 s08:18:59.59+37.33 s15.75
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