Nohn (DE)

Quarry blast13 January 2020

Magnitude
2.0ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
10:37:362020-01-13
UTC
09:37:362020-01-13

Main parameters

Date and time2020-01-13 09:37:36 UTC
2020-01-13 10:37:36 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.0
Epicentral coordinates50.320° N, 6.777° E
Uncertainty ± 2.9 km
Event IDROB 9105

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-01-13 11:07:30 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
53.6 – 157.8km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.7km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.3km/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: 9 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.35 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.49 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
KLBKalborn53.624309:37:44.94+8.44 s09:37:51.65+15.15 s6.71
MRGMont Rigi54.329309:37:46.20+9.70 s––
HOUHouvegnez55.127409:37:45.18+8.68 s09:37:53.40+16.90 s8.22
VIAVianden59.422409:37:46.15+9.65 s––
MEMSMembach63.330109:37:47.30+10.80 s––
MEMHMembach63.330109:37:47.32+10.82 s09:37:54.81+18.31 s7.49
CLAClavier105.527709:37:54.63+18.13 s––
RCHRochefort112.126109:37:55.73+19.23 s09:38:09.71+33.21 s13.98
GESGesves120.527409:37:56.72+20.22 s––
DOUDourbes157.826209:38:02.71+26.21 s09:38:22.35+45.85 s19.64
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve77.731009:37:49.40+12.90 s––
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