WALSDORF (DE)

Quarry blast27 February 2019

Magnitude
2.2ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:56:262019-02-27
UTC
11:56:262019-02-27

Main parameters

Date and time2019-02-27 11:56:26 UTC
2019-02-27 12:56:26 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.2
Epicentral coordinates50.268° N, 6.718° E
Uncertainty ± 3.6 km
Event IDROB 7905

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2019-02-27 13:02:24 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
11
Epicentral distance
47.3 – 139.0km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.5km/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: 10 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.18 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)10 stations
KLBKalborn47.324711:56:34.22+7.70 s11:56:40.42+13.90 s6.20
HOUHouvegnez51.728111:56:34.96+8.44 s––
VIAVianden52.322511:56:35.52+9.00 s––
MRGMont Rigi53.130111:56:35.37+8.85 s11:56:42.17+15.65 s6.80
MEMHMembach63.030711:56:36.90+10.38 s11:56:45.26+18.74 s8.36
MEMSMembach63.030711:56:36.97+10.45 s––
WLFWalferdange78.521111:56:40.08+13.56 s––
CLAClavier102.228011:56:44.44+17.92 s––
RCHRochefort107.126411:56:44.90+18.38 s––
MRDMaredsous139.027211:56:49.59+23.07 s––
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve78.431511:56:39.78+13.26 s––
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