WALLERSHEIM (DE)

Quarry blast28 April 2020

Magnitude
1.4ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
08:51:282020-04-28
UTC
06:51:282020-04-28

Main parameters

Date and time2020-04-28 06:51:28 UTC
2020-04-28 08:51:28 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.4
Epicentral coordinates50.180° N, 6.522° E
Uncertainty ± 2.0 km
Event IDROB 9890

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-05-05 08:14:11 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
30.8 – 138.1km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.7km/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 0.12 s.

Stations farther than 120 km are left out of the fit: the first waves to reach them have travelled beneath the crust, through the mantle, where they propagate faster.

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
KLBKalborn30.825306:51:33.40+5.37 s06:51:37.95+9.92 s4.55
VIAVianden35.622006:51:34.38+6.35 s––
HOUHouvegnez41.729806:51:35.05+7.02 s––
MRGMont Rigi48.731906:51:36.56+8.53 s––
MEMSMembach60.132306:51:38.62+10.59 s––
MEMHMembach60.132306:51:38.64+10.61 s06:51:46.37+18.34 s7.73
DOUDourbes138.126706:51:50.96+22.93 s06:52:10.11+42.08 s19.15
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve77.332706:51:41.50+13.47 s––
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