DURBUY (BE)

Quarry blast16 January 2020

Magnitude
1.4ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
15:14:512020-01-16
UTC
14:14:512020-01-16

Main parameters

Date and time2020-01-16 14:14:51 UTC
2020-01-16 15:14:51 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.4
Epicentral coordinates50.352° N, 5.550° E
Uncertainty ± 0.5 km
Event IDROB 9135

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-01-16 15:25:30 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
13
Epicentral distance
19.2 – 73.9km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.0km/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: 13 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.17 s. S wave: 10 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.36 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)12 stations
CLAClavier19.229314:14:54.59+3.25 s14:14:57.36+6.02 s2.77
RCHRochefort31.822714:14:57.10+5.76 s14:15:01.41+10.07 s4.31
LCHLa Chartreuse32.1614:14:56.93+5.59 s14:15:01.84+10.50 s4.91
HOUHouvegnez32.48914:14:56.96+5.62 s––
GESGesves33.227714:14:57.54+6.20 s14:15:02.10+10.76 s4.56
MRGMont Rigi41.36414:14:58.49+7.15 s14:15:03.39+12.05 s4.90
MEMSMembach43.44914:14:58.99+7.65 s14:15:04.51+13.17 s5.52
MEMHMembach43.44914:14:59.00+7.66 s––
KLBKalborn48.712514:15:00.07+8.73 s14:15:06.08+14.74 s6.01
MRDMaredsous56.026514:15:01.09+9.75 s14:15:07.89+16.55 s6.80
VIAVianden65.713514:15:02.76+11.42 s––
DOUDourbes73.924814:15:04.16+12.82 s14:15:13.42+22.08 s9.26
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve53.23014:15:00.81+9.47 s14:15:07.81+16.47 s7.00
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