ROCHEFORT (BE)

Quarry blast16 January 2019

Magnitude
1.6ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:26:402019-01-16
UTC
11:26:402019-01-16

Main parameters

Date and time2019-01-16 11:26:40 UTC
2019-01-16 12:26:40 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.6
Epicentral coordinates50.181° N, 5.247° E
Uncertainty ± 0.8 km
Event IDROB 7640

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2019-01-16 15:39:33 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
3.2 – 72.2km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.7km/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 0.21 s. S wave: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.33 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)9 stations
RCHRochefort3.220711:26:40.55+0.52 s11:26:41.09+1.06 s0.54
GESGesves25.433311:26:44.66+4.63 s11:26:48.13+8.10 s3.47
CLAClavier26.8811:26:44.85+4.82 s11:26:48.57+8.54 s3.72
MRDMaredsous36.729211:26:46.71+6.68 s11:26:51.22+11.19 s4.51
DOUDourbes47.625911:26:48.77+8.74 s11:26:54.32+14.29 s5.55
HOUHouvegnez57.47011:26:50.21+10.18 s11:26:57.04+17.01 s6.83
KLBKalborn62.39811:26:50.86+10.83 s––
MEMSMembach72.24811:26:53.13+13.10 s––
MEMHMembach72.24811:26:53.13+13.10 s11:27:00.74+20.71 s7.61
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