ANDENNE (BE)

Quarry blast29 May 2018

Magnitude
2.1ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
14:18:162018-05-29
UTC
12:18:162018-05-29

Main parameters

Date and time2018-05-29 12:18:16 UTC
2018-05-29 14:18:16 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.1
Epicentral coordinates50.486° N, 5.023° E
Uncertainty ± 3.2 km
Event IDROB 6650

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2018-05-30 15:43:52 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
12.1 – 122.0km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.5km/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 0.22 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)9 stations
GESGesves12.115812:18:18.00+1.58 s12:18:19.54+3.12 s1.54
CLAClavier21.211012:18:20.10+3.68 s––
MRDMaredsous27.322212:18:20.43+4.01 s12:18:24.37+7.95 s3.94
LCHLa Chartreuse44.26712:18:23.93+7.51 s––
DOUDourbes53.121512:18:25.37+8.95 s12:18:31.81+15.39 s6.44
UCCSUccle58.330712:18:26.65+10.23 s––
MEMSMembach71.37912:18:28.63+12.21 s––
VIAVianden104.112612:18:34.74+18.32 s––
WLFWalferdange122.013812:18:37.82+21.40 s––
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