ROCHEFORT (BE)

Quarry blast24 January 2019

Magnitude
1.9ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:21:432019-01-24
UTC
11:21:432019-01-24

Main parameters

Date and time2019-01-24 11:21:43 UTC
2019-01-24 12:21:43 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.9
Epicentral coordinates50.179° N, 5.250° E
Uncertainty ± 0.8 km
Event IDROB 7705

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2019-01-24 12:45:09 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
15
Epicentral distance
3.1 – 116.1km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.6km/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: 15 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.27 s. S wave: 10 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.27 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)15 stations
RCHRochefort3.121211:21:43.39+0.37 s11:21:44.12+1.10 s0.73
GESGesves25.733311:21:47.52+4.50 s11:21:50.81+7.79 s3.29
CLAClavier27.0811:21:47.46+4.44 s11:21:51.29+8.27 s3.83
MRDMaredsous37.029211:21:49.22+6.20 s11:21:54.21+11.19 s4.99
DOUDourbes47.725911:21:51.17+8.15 s11:21:57.34+14.32 s6.17
HOUHouvegnez57.37011:21:53.14+10.12 s––
KLBKalborn62.19811:21:53.63+10.61 s––
MRGMont Rigi69.45811:21:55.04+12.02 s––
MEMSMembach72.24811:21:55.45+12.43 s––
MEMHMembach72.24811:21:55.77+12.75 s11:22:03.97+20.95 s8.20
EBNEben-Emael75.22411:21:56.80+13.78 s––
WLFWalferdange86.413111:21:58.37+15.35 s11:22:08.64+25.62 s10.27
UCCBUccle93.431811:22:00.03+17.01 s11:22:10.67+27.65 s10.64
SKQSteenkerque98.230311:22:00.16+17.14 s11:22:12.47+29.45 s12.31
LESLessines116.130111:22:03.86+20.84 s11:22:17.88+34.86 s14.02
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