SOIGNIES (BE)

Quarry blast19 June 2018

Magnitude
1.8ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
14:04:482018-06-19
UTC
12:04:482018-06-19

Main parameters

Date and time2018-06-19 12:04:48 UTC
2018-06-19 14:04:48 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.8
Epicentral coordinates50.572° N, 4.029° E
Uncertainty ± 0.7 km
Event IDROB 6790

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2018-06-20 09:29:05 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
9.3 – 157.1km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.8km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.4km/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: 9 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.35 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.42 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)11 stations
SKQSteenkerque9.32312:04:51.03+2.07 s12:04:52.20+3.24 s1.17
BRQBracquegnies12.714312:04:51.30+2.34 s––
RQRRonquières14.47512:04:51.57+2.61 s––
LESLessines20.332012:04:53.08+4.12 s12:04:55.33+6.37 s2.25
BOUBougnies21.219612:04:52.84+3.88 s––
UCCSUccle34.24312:04:54.82+5.86 s––
MRDMaredsous60.512012:04:59.71+10.75 s12:05:07.53+18.57 s7.82
DOUDourbes66.614312:05:01.53+12.57 s12:05:09.58+20.62 s8.05
CLAClavier91.910012:05:04.74+15.78 s12:05:15.79+26.83 s11.05
MRGMont Rigi145.29212:05:13.72+24.76 s––
KLBKalborn157.110912:05:16.07+27.11 s12:05:34.07+45.11 s18.00
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