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Quarry blast18 July 2019

Magnitude
2.1ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:11:582019-07-18
UTC
10:11:582019-07-18

Main parameters

Date and time2019-07-18 10:11:58 UTC
2019-07-18 12:11:58 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.1
Epicentral coordinates49.459° N, 6.012° E
Uncertainty ± 3.5 km
Event IDROB 8400

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2019-07-18 13:10:38 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
8
Epicentral distance
71.7 – 152.3km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.7km/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: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 1.40 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
KLBKalborn71.7610:12:10.91+12.20 s10:12:19.65+20.94 s8.74
RCHRochefort95.932410:12:11.77+13.06 s10:12:26.48+27.77 s14.71
HOUHouvegnez99.636010:12:15.37+16.66 s––
CLAClavier118.433510:12:19.04+20.33 s––
GESGesves122.632810:12:19.63+20.92 s10:12:35.10+36.39 s15.47
DOUDourbes124.230510:12:19.60+20.89 s10:12:36.42+37.71 s16.82
MEMHMembach128.036010:12:20.81+22.10 s10:12:36.28+37.57 s15.47
Network STR1 station
WLSWelschbruch152.313910:12:24.18+25.47 s––
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