NAMUR (BE)

Quarry blast7 April 2020

Magnitude
1.6ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
14:26:422020-04-07
UTC
12:26:422020-04-07

Main parameters

Date and time2020-04-07 12:26:42 UTC
2020-04-07 14:26:42 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.6
Epicentral coordinates50.488° N, 4.978° E
Uncertainty ± 0.9 km
Event IDROB 9775

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-04-07 15:02:03 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
8
Epicentral distance
13.9 – 91.5km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.8km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.3km/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: 8 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.37 s. S wave: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.29 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
GESGesves13.914612:26:44.59+2.34 s12:26:46.72+4.47 s2.13
MRDMaredsous25.521612:26:47.06+4.81 s12:26:50.48+8.23 s3.42
TGATangissart34.829212:26:48.20+5.95 s12:26:53.03+10.78 s4.83
RCHRochefort41.115412:26:49.57+7.32 s12:26:54.18+11.93 s4.61
DOUDourbes51.521212:26:51.77+9.52 s12:26:57.95+15.70 s6.18
MEMHMembach74.47912:26:54.81+12.56 s12:27:04.99+22.74 s10.18
KLBKalborn91.511812:26:58.74+16.49 s12:27:09.75+27.50 s11.01
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve74.26512:26:54.74+12.49 s––
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