REBECQ (BE)

Quarry blast10 September 2019

Magnitude
1.2ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:07:442019-09-10
UTC
10:07:442019-09-10

Main parameters

Date and time2019-09-10 10:07:44 UTC
2019-09-10 12:07:44 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.2
Epicentral coordinates50.667° N, 4.150° E
Uncertainty ± 1.2 km
Event IDROB 8635

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2019-09-10 12:47:02 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
10
Epicentral distance
5.4 – 131.7km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.9km/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 0.18 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
SKQSteenkerque5.424810:07:45.44+1.12 s10:07:46.21+1.89 s0.77
RQRRonquières8.614210:07:45.75+1.43 s––
UCCBUccle20.74610:07:48.19+3.87 s10:07:50.32+6.00 s2.13
UCCSUccle20.74610:07:48.29+3.97 s––
BRQBracquegnies20.718310:07:48.03+3.71 s––
MRDMaredsous59.813310:07:54.98+10.66 s––
GESGesves73.511510:07:57.08+12.76 s––
CLAClavier86.210810:07:58.97+14.65 s––
MEMSMembach131.79210:08:07.19+22.87 s––
MEMHMembach131.79210:08:07.21+22.89 s10:08:23.53+39.21 s16.32
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