HILLESHEIM (DE)

Quarry blast6 May 2019

Magnitude
2.2ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
10:44:562019-05-06
UTC
08:44:562019-05-06

Main parameters

Date and time2019-05-06 08:44:56 UTC
2019-05-06 10:44:56 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.2
Epicentral coordinates50.282° N, 6.641° E
Uncertainty ± 2.5 km
Event IDROB 8105

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2019-05-06 10:57:03 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
43.1 – 153.4km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.8km/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 0.19 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
KLBKalborn43.124208:45:03.23+6.96 s08:45:08.24+11.97 s5.01
HOUHouvegnez46.028008:45:03.84+7.57 s––
VIAVianden49.821908:45:04.39+8.12 s08:45:10.35+14.08 s5.96
MEMHMembach57.730908:45:06.20+9.93 s––
MEMSMembach57.730908:45:06.30+10.03 s––
CLAClavier96.528008:45:12.58+16.31 s––
GESGesves111.327708:45:15.09+18.82 s––
MRDMaredsous133.527208:45:19.47+23.20 s––
DOUDourbes147.626308:45:21.24+24.97 s08:45:39.74+43.47 s18.50
DSLSDessel153.431408:45:22.14+25.87 s––
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve73.531708:45:08.74+12.47 s––
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