REBECQ (BE)

Quarry blast14 June 2018

Magnitude
1.5ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:18:292018-06-14
UTC
10:18:292018-06-14

Main parameters

Date and time2018-06-14 10:18:29 UTC
2018-06-14 12:18:29 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.5
Epicentral coordinates50.654° N, 4.160° E
Uncertainty ± 1.0 km
Event IDROB 6765

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2018-06-14 14:42:39 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
5.7 – 151.7km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.8km/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 0.25 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
SKQSteenkerque5.726410:18:31.04+1.19 s––
RQRRonquières7.113910:18:31.44+1.59 s––
BRQBracquegnies19.318510:18:32.97+3.12 s10:18:35.83+5.98 s2.86
UCCSUccle21.24210:18:33.71+3.86 s––
LESLessines23.328610:18:34.14+4.29 s––
BOUBougnies33.220710:18:36.20+6.35 s––
MRDMaredsous58.313210:18:39.80+9.95 s––
DOUDourbes69.515310:18:42.12+12.27 s––
KLBKalborn151.711310:18:56.05+26.20 s10:19:14.44+44.59 s18.39
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