LA ROCHE-EN-ARDENNE (BE)

Quarry blast5 March 2020

Magnitude
1.7ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
15:44:592020-03-05
UTC
14:44:592020-03-05

Main parameters

Date and time2020-03-05 14:44:59 UTC
2020-03-05 15:44:59 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.7
Epicentral coordinates50.182° N, 5.585° E
Uncertainty ± 0.6 km
Event IDROB 9405

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-03-05 22:32:10 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
25.8 – 69.2km
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: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.18 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.05 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
RCHRochefort25.826314:45:04.35+4.79 s14:45:07.63+8.07 s3.28
CLAClavier33.232314:45:05.45+5.89 s14:45:09.88+10.32 s4.43
HOUHouvegnez35.55714:45:05.61+6.05 s––
KLBKalborn38.610414:45:06.59+7.03 s14:45:11.37+11.81 s4.78
GESGesves42.030314:45:07.11+7.55 s––
MEMHMembach56.23214:45:09.08+9.52 s14:45:16.75+17.19 s7.67
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve69.22114:45:11.59+12.03 s––
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