NAMUR (BE)

Quarry blast29 January 2020

Magnitude
1.7ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
14:21:182020-01-29
UTC
13:21:182020-01-29

Main parameters

Date and time2020-01-29 13:21:18 UTC
2020-01-29 14:21:18 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.7
Epicentral coordinates50.496° N, 4.976° E
Uncertainty ± 0.9 km
Event IDROB 9195

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-01-30 13:10:26 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
15
Epicentral distance
14.7 – 92.0km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.6km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.2km/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: 15 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.29 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.17 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)14 stations
GESGesves14.714713:21:20.50+2.20 s13:21:22.42+4.12 s1.92
CLAClavier24.711013:21:22.61+4.31 s13:21:26.01+7.71 s3.40
MRDMaredsous26.221413:21:23.13+4.83 s––
TGATangissart34.429113:21:24.08+5.78 s13:21:28.67+10.37 s4.59
RCHRochefort42.015513:21:25.74+7.44 s13:21:31.20+12.90 s5.46
DOUDourbes52.221113:21:27.47+9.17 s13:21:34.23+15.93 s6.76
RQRRonquières54.628313:21:28.18+9.88 s––
UCCSUccle54.930813:21:28.00+9.70 s––
SKQSteenkerque65.728513:21:29.11+10.81 s––
BOUBougnies74.226113:21:31.55+13.25 s––
MEMSMembach74.48013:21:31.54+13.24 s––
HOUHouvegnez74.810213:21:31.47+13.17 s––
MRGMont Rigi78.08813:21:31.73+13.43 s––
KLBKalborn92.011813:21:34.69+16.39 s––
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve73.96613:21:30.83+12.53 s––
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