MARCHE-EN-FAMENNE (BE)

Quarry blast7 February 2020

Magnitude
1.8ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:36:432020-02-07
UTC
11:36:432020-02-07

Main parameters

Date and time2020-02-07 11:36:43 UTC
2020-02-07 12:36:43 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.8
Epicentral coordinates50.175° N, 5.264° E
Uncertainty ± 0.7 km
Event IDROB 9265

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-02-10 12:51:06 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
3.4 – 71.8km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.5km/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: 11 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.47 s. S wave: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.22 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)11 stations
RCHRochefort3.423111:36:44.56+0.74 s11:36:45.15+1.33 s0.59
GESGesves26.633211:36:48.64+4.82 s11:36:52.29+8.47 s3.65
CLAClavier27.3611:36:48.86+5.04 s11:36:52.45+8.63 s3.59
MRDMaredsous38.129211:36:50.62+6.80 s11:36:55.17+11.35 s4.55
DOUDourbes48.626011:36:52.36+8.54 s11:36:58.39+14.57 s6.03
HOUHouvegnez56.56911:36:53.82+10.00 s11:37:00.86+17.04 s7.04
LCHLa Chartreuse56.92511:36:54.06+10.24 s––
KLBKalborn61.09711:36:54.02+10.20 s11:37:02.26+18.44 s8.24
MRGMont Rigi68.85711:36:56.18+12.36 s––
MEMSMembach71.84711:36:57.68+13.86 s––
MEMHMembach71.84711:36:57.71+13.89 s––
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