WELLIN (BE)

Quarry blast16 March 2020

Magnitude
1.4ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
14:15:432020-03-16
UTC
13:15:432020-03-16

Main parameters

Date and time2020-03-16 13:15:43 UTC
2020-03-16 14:15:43 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.4
Epicentral coordinates50.095° N, 5.093° E
Uncertainty ± 0.7 km
Event IDROB 9485

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-03-16 15:25:48 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
11.7 – 83.9km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.6km/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 0.25 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.13 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)7 stations
RCHRochefort11.75513:15:44.65+1.63 s13:15:46.83+3.81 s2.18
GESGesves32.235913:15:48.34+5.32 s13:15:53.22+10.20 s4.88
MRDMaredsous32.731513:15:49.15+6.13 s13:15:53.22+10.20 s4.07
DOUDourbes35.627013:15:49.15+6.13 s13:15:54.11+11.09 s4.96
CLAClavier39.02213:15:49.75+6.73 s13:15:55.34+12.32 s5.59
KLBKalborn72.78913:15:55.58+12.56 s––
MRGMont Rigi83.95613:15:57.87+14.85 s––
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