CELLES (BE)

Quarry blast28 October 2019

Magnitude
2.2ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:59:572019-10-28
UTC
11:59:572019-10-28

Main parameters

Date and time2019-10-28 11:59:57 UTC
2019-10-28 12:59:57 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.2
Epicentral coordinates50.677° N, 3.393° E
Uncertainty ± 4.0 km
Event IDROB 8785

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2019-10-28 13:46:08 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
32.0 – 124.4km
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 0.40 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)9 stations
LESLessines32.08312:00:02.60+5.60 s12:00:07.10+10.10 s4.50
SKQSteenkerque48.79312:00:05.26+8.26 s12:00:11.35+14.35 s6.09
BOUBougnies50.612912:00:05.72+8.72 s––
BRQBracquegnies57.011212:00:06.48+9.48 s––
RQRRonquières59.49712:00:06.82+9.82 s––
UCCBUccle69.67912:00:09.92+12.92 s––
MRDMaredsous106.111312:00:15.38+18.38 s––
DOUDourbes107.212712:00:15.20+18.20 s––
GESGesves124.410412:00:17.55+20.55 s––
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