FRASNES-LEZ-ANVAING (BE)

Quarry blast8 March 2019

Magnitude
1.8ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:03:002019-03-08
UTC
12:03:002019-03-08

Main parameters

Date and time2019-03-08 12:03:00 UTC
2019-03-08 13:03:00 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.8
Epicentral coordinates50.675° N, 3.534° E
Uncertainty ± 1.1 km
Event IDROB 7940

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2019-03-08 13:14:36 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
22.2 – 133.5km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.1km/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: 8 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.20 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)9 stations
LESLessines22.28012:03:04.49+4.10 s––
SKQSteenkerque38.79412:03:07.61+7.22 s12:03:12.07+11.68 s4.46
BRQBracquegnies47.811712:03:08.84+8.45 s––
RQRRonquières49.59912:03:09.06+8.67 s––
UCCBUccle59.97712:03:11.34+10.95 s12:03:18.43+18.04 s7.09
OSTBOostende75.332712:03:13.29+12.90 s12:03:22.77+22.38 s9.48
MRDMaredsous96.911512:03:17.01+16.62 s––
GESGesves114.810612:03:19.83+19.44 s––
RCHRochefort133.511512:03:23.05+22.66 s––
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