ARLON (BE)

Quarry blast4 May 2020

Magnitude
1.9ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:09:042020-05-04
UTC
11:09:042020-05-04

Main parameters

Date and time2020-05-04 11:09:04 UTC
2020-05-04 13:09:04 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.9
Epicentral coordinates49.706° N, 5.754° E
Uncertainty ± 1.4 km
Event IDROB 9950

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-05-04 15:09:34 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
5
Epicentral distance
41.1 – 96.9km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.9km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.5km/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: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.17 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.26 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)5 stations
VIAVianden41.15211:09:11.22+7.22 s11:09:16.22+12.22 s5.00
KLBKalborn50.73011:09:13.06+9.06 s11:09:19.62+15.62 s6.56
RCHRochefort62.732311:09:15.16+11.16 s11:09:22.64+18.64 s7.48
DOUDourbes93.829811:09:20.14+16.14 s11:09:31.44+27.44 s11.30
MRDMaredsous96.931411:09:21.05+17.05 s––
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