SPRIMONT (BE)

Quarry blast13 November 2018

Magnitude
1.3ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
16:00:092018-11-13
UTC
15:00:092018-11-13

Main parameters

Date and time2018-11-13 15:00:09 UTC
2018-11-13 16:00:09 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.3
Epicentral coordinates50.489° N, 5.609° E
Uncertainty ± 2.6 km
Event IDROB 7410

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2018-11-21 15:28:44 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
8
Epicentral distance
16.7 – 56.0km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.9km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.3km/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 0.57 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.25 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)8 stations
LCHLa Chartreuse16.735815:00:12.55+2.99 s15:00:14.92+5.36 s2.37
CLAClavier23.125115:00:12.97+3.41 s15:00:16.66+7.10 s3.69
MEMSMembach31.46515:00:13.67+4.11 s––
MEMHMembach31.46515:00:13.72+4.16 s15:00:18.90+9.34 s5.18
HOUHouvegnez31.911815:00:15.10+5.54 s––
MRGMont Rigi33.18615:00:15.02+5.46 s15:00:19.47+9.91 s4.45
GESGesves38.825315:00:15.83+6.27 s––
KLBKalborn56.014015:00:19.47+9.91 s15:00:26.26+16.70 s6.79
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