ROCHEFORT (BE)

Quarry blast22 January 2019

Magnitude
1.5ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:06:222019-01-22
UTC
11:06:222019-01-22

Main parameters

Date and time2019-01-22 11:06:22 UTC
2019-01-22 12:06:22 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.5
Epicentral coordinates50.193° N, 5.242° E
Uncertainty ± 1.6 km
Event IDROB 7690

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2019-01-23 12:18:02 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
6
Epicentral distance
4.4 – 55.7km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.8km/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: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.31 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.23 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)6 stations
RCHRochefort4.419411:06:23.53+0.78 s11:06:24.19+1.44 s0.66
GESGesves24.033311:06:27.26+4.51 s11:06:30.35+7.60 s3.09
CLAClavier25.51011:06:27.96+5.21 s11:06:30.91+8.16 s2.95
MRDMaredsous35.929011:06:28.89+6.14 s11:06:33.43+10.68 s4.54
DOUDourbes47.525711:06:31.45+8.70 s11:06:37.49+14.74 s6.04
LCHLa Chartreuse55.72711:06:32.41+9.66 s––
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