Earthquakes in Belgium

NOERVENICH (DE) - 2017-02-08 19:59:52 - Magnitude 1.6
Last update : 2017-02-10 06:55:31 Belgian time

Main parameters

Date and time 2017-02-08 19:59:52 UTC
2017-02-08 20:59:52 Belgian time
Type Earthquake
Magnitude ML 1.6
Region NOERVENICH (DE)
Epicentral coordinates 50.785° N, 6.603° E Uncertainty ± 0.8 km
Depth of hypocenter 16.0 ± 0.9 km

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)

Location map

Quake measurements

Measurements by the Belgian seismic network
Station Epicentral
distance (km)		 P-Wave arrival (hh:mm:ss.ss) S-Wave arrival (hh:mm:ss.ss) Maximal ground
displacement (nm)
Code Place
TNL TERNELL 40 19:59:59.65 20:00:03.82 -
MEMH MEMBACH 46 20:00:00.55 20:00:06.38 15.5
MRG MONT RIGI 48 20:00:00.96 20:00:06.92 -
HOU HOUVEGNEZ 64 20:00:03.50 20:00:09.58 25.8
EBN EBEN-EMAEL 65 20:00:03.83 20:00:11.66 -
VIA VIANDEN 99 20:00:08.98 20:00:19.87 -
CLA CLAVIER 100 20:00:09.43 20:00:21.32 7.4
GES GESVES 116 20:00:11.71 20:00:25.44 -
RCH ROCHEFORT 120 20:00:12.12 20:00:26.39 21.7
WLF WALFERDANGE 129 20:00:13.43 20:00:28.75 9.9
MRD MAREDSOUS 141 20:00:15.12 20:00:31.22 -
DOU DOURBES 162 20:00:17.83 20:00:36.91 9.2
SNF SENEFFE 167 20:00:18.31 - -
SKQ STEENKERQUE 178 20:00:19.21 20:00:39.43 5.1
Measurements by the German seismic network of Bensberg (University of Cologne)
Station Epicentral
distance (km)		 P-Wave arrival (hh:mm:ss.ss) S-Wave arrival (hh:mm:ss.ss) Maximal ground
displacement (nm)
Code Place
SIN SINDORF 15 19:59:56.18 - -
ROE ROETSCHBERG 18 19:59:56.54 - -
BER BERGHEIM (ORG) 19 19:59:56.75 - -
KLL KALLTALSPERRE 26 19:59:57.52 20:00:00.96 -
STB STEINBACHTALSPERRE 27 19:59:57.68 20:00:01.13 -
DRE DREILÄGERBACH 29 19:59:58.08 - -
HOB HOHBUSCH 56 20:00:01.38 - -
HIL HILLESHEIM 55 20:00:02.46 - -
LAU LAUPENDAHL 67 20:00:02.98 - -
BGG BURG ELTZ 83 20:00:06.18 20:00:16.78 -

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