HILLESHEIM (DE)

Quarry blast26 February 2019

Magnitude
2.0ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
11:50:322019-02-26
UTC
10:50:322019-02-26

Main parameters

Date and time2019-02-26 10:50:32 UTC
2019-02-26 11:50:32 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.0
Epicentral coordinates50.292° N, 6.663° E
Uncertainty ± 2.8 km
Event IDROB 7890

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2019-02-26 14:15:35 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
44.9 – 149.3km
Mean velocity, P wave
4.3km/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 0.24 s.

Stations farther than 120 km are left out of the fit: the first waves to reach them have travelled beneath the crust, through the mantle, where they propagate faster.

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
KLBKalborn44.924210:50:39.76+7.03 s10:50:46.26+13.53 s6.50
HOUHouvegnez47.327910:50:40.31+7.58 s––
MRGMont Rigi48.430010:50:40.72+7.99 s10:50:46.26+13.53 s5.54
VIAVianden51.622010:50:40.72+7.99 s10:50:48.08+15.35 s7.36
MEMSMembach58.230810:50:42.87+10.14 s––
MEMHMembach58.230810:50:42.87+10.14 s––
DOUDourbes149.326210:50:57.73+25.00 s10:51:16.94+44.21 s19.21
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