ANDENNE (BE)

Quarry blast23 May 2018

Magnitude
1.6ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
14:24:132018-05-23
UTC
12:24:132018-05-23

Main parameters

Date and time2018-05-23 12:24:13 UTC
2018-05-23 14:24:13 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.6
Epicentral coordinates50.477° N, 4.979° E
Uncertainty ± 3.0 km
Event IDROB 6665

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2018-05-30 15:45:09 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
23.8 – 90.8km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.8km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.2km/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: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.24 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.48 s.

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
CLAClavier23.810612:24:17.58+3.92 s12:24:21.04+7.38 s3.46
MRDMaredsous24.621812:24:17.94+4.28 s12:24:21.81+8.15 s3.87
DOUDourbes50.621312:24:22.71+9.05 s12:24:28.81+15.15 s6.10
MEMSMembach74.57812:24:26.13+12.47 s12:24:37.50+23.84 s11.37
KLBKalborn90.811712:24:29.35+15.69 s––
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