PHILIPPEVILLE (BE)

Quarry blast15 January 2019

Magnitude
1.5ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:07:162019-01-15
UTC
12:07:162019-01-15

Main parameters

Date and time2019-01-15 12:07:16 UTC
2019-01-15 13:07:16 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.5
Epicentral coordinates50.181° N, 4.620° E
Uncertainty ± 0.6 km
Event IDROB 7625

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2019-01-15 15:08:43 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
7
Epicentral distance
9.8 – 70.9km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.0km/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: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.15 s. S wave: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.29 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)7 stations
DOUDourbes9.819112:07:18.09+1.79 s12:07:19.76+3.46 s1.67
MRDMaredsous17.13812:07:19.50+3.20 s12:07:21.89+5.59 s2.39
GESGesves40.35612:07:23.65+7.35 s12:07:27.96+11.66 s4.31
RCHRochefort43.59412:07:23.87+7.57 s12:07:29.75+13.45 s5.88
SKQSteenkerque64.732412:07:27.59+11.29 s12:07:36.03+19.73 s8.44
UCCBUccle70.934512:07:28.41+12.11 s12:07:37.43+21.13 s9.02
UCCSUccle70.934512:07:28.52+12.22 s12:07:37.49+21.19 s8.97
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