OLNE (BE)

Quarry blast20 February 2020

Magnitude
1.5ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
15:12:402020-02-20
UTC
14:12:402020-02-20

Main parameters

Date and time2020-02-20 14:12:40 UTC
2020-02-20 15:12:40 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.5
Epicentral coordinates50.585° N, 5.726° E
Uncertainty ± 0.9 km
Event IDROB 9305

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-02-21 10:26:13 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
7
Epicentral distance
10.9 – 35.3km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.0km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.1km/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: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.20 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.21 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)5 stations
LCHLa Chartreuse10.930414:12:41.74+1.59 s14:12:44.23+4.08 s2.49
MEMHMembach20.38214:12:43.78+3.63 s14:12:46.95+6.80 s3.17
MEMSMembach20.38214:12:43.84+3.69 s––
EBNEben-Emael23.935214:12:44.37+4.22 s––
CLAClavier35.323914:12:46.29+6.14 s14:12:51.41+11.26 s5.12
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)2 stations
HGNHeimansgroeve24.73614:12:44.39+4.24 s14:12:48.16+8.01 s3.77
VKBValkenburg31.6714:12:45.86+5.71 s14:12:50.57+10.42 s4.71
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