ROCHEFORT (BE)

Quarry blast25 March 2020

Magnitude
1.6ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:56:532020-03-25
UTC
11:56:532020-03-25

Main parameters

Date and time2020-03-25 11:56:53 UTC
2020-03-25 12:56:53 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.6
Epicentral coordinates50.179° N, 5.252° E
Uncertainty ± 0.3 km
Event IDROB 9610

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-03-25 15:32:38 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
3.2 – 61.9km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.9km/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: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.13 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.18 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
RCHRochefort3.221311:56:54.59+0.64 s––
GESGesves25.733311:56:58.68+4.73 s11:57:02.19+8.24 s3.51
CLAClavier26.9811:56:58.84+4.89 s11:57:02.47+8.52 s3.63
MRDMaredsous37.129211:57:00.36+6.41 s11:57:05.23+11.28 s4.87
DOUDourbes47.925911:57:02.43+8.48 s11:57:08.48+14.53 s6.05
KLBKalborn61.99811:57:04.83+10.88 s11:57:12.45+18.50 s7.62
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