ASSESSE (BE)

Quarry blast21 March 2019

Magnitude
1.5ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:18:272019-03-21
UTC
11:18:272019-03-21

Main parameters

Date and time2019-03-21 11:18:27 UTC
2019-03-21 12:18:27 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.5
Epicentral coordinates50.347° N, 4.991° E
Uncertainty ± 1.1 km
Event IDROB 7980

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2019-03-21 12:36:53 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
5
Epicentral distance
8.0 – 39.8km
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: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.12 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.19 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)5 stations
GESGesves8.05811:18:29.02+1.70 s11:18:29.94+2.62 s0.92
MRDMaredsous16.725211:18:30.47+3.15 s11:18:32.58+5.26 s2.11
CLAClavier23.57011:18:31.87+4.55 s11:18:35.06+7.74 s3.19
RCHRochefort27.214211:18:32.15+4.83 s11:18:35.63+8.31 s3.48
DOUDourbes39.822511:18:34.44+7.12 s11:18:39.83+12.51 s5.39
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