ROCHEFORT (BE)

Quarry blast12 November 2019

Magnitude
1.7ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:26:362019-11-12
UTC
12:26:362019-11-12

Main parameters

Date and time2019-11-12 12:26:36 UTC
2019-11-12 13:26:36 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.7
Epicentral coordinates50.189° N, 5.237° E
Uncertainty ± 0.8 km
Event IDROB 8860

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2019-11-13 15:57:09 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
7
Epicentral distance
3.9 – 69.6km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.9km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.4km/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: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.20 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.38 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)7 stations
RCHRochefort3.919012:26:36.97+0.63 s12:26:37.73+1.39 s0.76
CLAClavier26.01012:26:41.05+4.71 s12:26:44.62+8.28 s3.57
MRDMaredsous35.729112:26:42.75+6.41 s12:26:47.47+11.13 s4.72
DOUDourbes47.125712:26:44.55+8.21 s12:26:50.59+14.25 s6.04
HOUHouvegnez57.87112:26:46.15+9.81 s12:26:52.90+16.56 s6.75
KLBKalborn63.19912:26:47.61+11.27 s––
MRGMont Rigi69.65912:26:48.52+12.18 s––
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