NORTH SEA

Controlled explosion15 April 2020

Magnitude
2.5ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:55:132020-04-15
UTC
10:55:132020-04-15

Main parameters

Date and time2020-04-15 10:55:13 UTC
2020-04-15 12:55:13 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.5
Epicentral coordinates52.253° N, 3.235° E
Uncertainty ± 4.5 km
Event IDROB 9815

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-05-05 08:16:14 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
16
Epicentral distance
114.8 – 258.3km
  • P wave
  • S wave

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)14 stations
OSTBOostende114.819010:55:32.05+18.40 s10:55:45.42+31.77 s13.37
ZEVZevekote126.319110:55:34.74+21.09 s10:55:51.19+37.54 s16.45
DSLBDessel170.013110:55:42.03+28.38 s––
LESLessines176.716610:55:42.31+28.66 s––
UCCBUccle179.815410:55:42.05+28.40 s––
SKQSteenkerque187.916110:55:43.86+30.21 s10:56:07.32+53.67 s23.46
RQRRonquières195.815910:55:45.27+31.62 s––
TGATangissart204.115310:55:45.84+32.19 s––
BRQBracquegnies206.916210:55:47.06+33.41 s––
BOUBougnies213.216610:55:47.68+34.03 s––
MRDMaredsous242.015310:55:51.92+38.27 s––
GESGesves244.714710:55:50.35+36.70 s––
CLAClavier249.814410:55:52.28+38.63 s––
DOUDourbes258.315810:55:52.79+39.14 s––
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve250.013010:55:52.29+38.64 s––
VITO (Mol)1 station
RETVKRetie168*–10:55:41.67+28.02 s––

* Distance from the catalogue, rounded to the kilometre: the coordinates of the station are missing from it.

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