OLNE (BE)

Quarry blast16 March 2020

Magnitude
1.3ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
15:06:102020-03-16
UTC
14:06:102020-03-16

Main parameters

Date and time2020-03-16 14:06:10 UTC
2020-03-16 15:06:10 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.3
Epicentral coordinates50.584° N, 5.722° E
Uncertainty ± 0.5 km
Event IDROB 9480

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-03-16 15:25:22 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
10.6 – 60.5km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.9km/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: 11 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.21 s. S wave: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.25 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)10 stations
LCHLa Chartreuse10.630514:06:12.18+1.71 s14:06:14.08+3.61 s1.90
MEMHMembach20.68214:06:14.19+3.72 s14:06:17.43+6.96 s3.24
MEMSMembach20.68214:06:14.25+3.78 s––
EBNEben-Emael23.935314:06:14.79+4.32 s14:06:18.36+7.89 s3.57
MRGMont Rigi26.310814:06:14.90+4.43 s––
HOUHouvegnez32.514214:06:15.64+5.17 s14:06:21.02+10.55 s5.38
CLAClavier35.023914:06:16.63+6.16 s14:06:21.77+11.30 s5.14
GESGesves50.224414:06:19.15+8.68 s14:06:26.06+15.59 s6.91
RCHRochefort59.321714:06:20.91+10.44 s––
KLBKalborn60.515314:06:20.91+10.44 s––
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve24.93614:06:14.77+4.30 s14:06:18.94+8.47 s4.17
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