REBECQ (BE)

Quarry blast18 February 2020

Magnitude
1.2ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
14:25:082020-02-18
UTC
13:25:082020-02-18

Main parameters

Date and time2020-02-18 13:25:08 UTC
2020-02-18 14:25:08 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.2
Epicentral coordinates50.665° N, 4.166° E
Uncertainty ± 0.7 km
Event IDROB 9300

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-02-19 11:20:36 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
6
Epicentral distance
6.4 – 85.0km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.8km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.5km/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: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.32 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)6 stations
SKQSteenkerque6.425313:25:09.89+1.30 s13:25:10.77+2.18 s0.88
RQRRonquières7.814813:25:10.30+1.71 s13:25:11.51+2.92 s1.21
UCCBUccle20.04313:25:12.58+3.99 s13:25:14.91+6.32 s2.33
TGATangissart26.010513:25:13.38+4.79 s13:25:16.30+7.71 s2.92
GESGesves72.411513:25:21.96+13.37 s13:25:30.00+21.41 s8.04
CLAClavier85.010813:25:23.09+14.50 s––
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