FRASNES-LEZ-ANVAING (BE)

Quarry blast31 May 2018

Magnitude
2.1ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:00:592018-05-31
UTC
11:00:592018-05-31

Main parameters

Date and time2018-05-31 11:00:59 UTC
2018-05-31 13:00:59 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.1
Epicentral coordinates50.663° N, 3.560° E
Uncertainty ± 1.1 km
Event IDROB 6685

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2018-05-31 13:13:50 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
11
Epicentral distance
36.8 – 371.4km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.9km/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 0.23 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)10 stations
SKQSteenkerque36.89211:01:06.43+6.69 s––
BOUBougnies40.913811:01:06.26+6.52 s––
BRQBracquegnies45.611611:01:07.63+7.89 s––
RQRRonquières47.59711:01:07.85+8.11 s––
UCCSUccle58.47511:01:09.87+10.13 s11:01:17.06+17.32 s7.19
ZEVZevekote70.331911:01:11.86+12.12 s––
DOUDourbes97.013011:01:16.16+16.42 s11:01:28.71+28.97 s12.55
GESGesves112.610511:01:18.95+19.21 s––
HOUHouvegnez176.810011:01:28.83+29.09 s11:01:50.11+50.37 s21.28
KLBKalborn191.810811:01:30.88+31.14 s––
Network STR1 station
WLSWelschbruch371.413111:01:54.18+54.44 s––
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