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. 2021 Jul 8;11:14144. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-93690-y

Table 1.

Parameters of the Beirut explosion signatures as derived from PMCC analysis of different IMS arrays.

Parameter I48TN I26DE I17CI I42PT I11CV
Distance (km) 2455 2454 5130 5431 6240
Back-azimuth () 88.4 (81.3–93.1) 126.5 (115.2–147.4) 47.2 (44.2–55.4) 77.9 (67.6–86.4) 60.7 (53.3–64.3)
Apparent speed (m/s) 357 (340–386) 350 (318–461) 341 (301–367) 341 (308–391) 355 (305–394)
Frequency (Hz) 2.57 (0.20–6.35) 0.70 (0.10–2.53) 0.37 (0.10–1.60) 0.66 (0.36–1.15) 0.84 (0.13–1.60)
Number of pixels (#) 7544 2802 944 62 58
Signal start (UTC) 17:06:17 17:11:19 19:44:06 20:20:42 20:44:56
Signal end (UTC) 17:27:34 17:28:46 19:57:35 20:24:02 20:56:17
Actual celerity (m/s) 294–347 291–333 296–310 287–290 299–309
Predicted celerity (m/s) 301 301 328 305 307

The mean and the range (in parentheses) are provided where parameters vary over pixels.