TOURNAI (BE)

Quarry blast8 June 2020

Magnitude
2.0ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:01:352020-06-08
UTC
11:01:352020-06-08

Main parameters

Date and time2020-06-08 11:01:35 UTC
2020-06-08 13:01:35 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.0
Epicentral coordinates50.686° N, 3.410° E
Uncertainty ± 1.1 km
Event IDROB 10215

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-06-10 15:10:02 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
47.5 – 202.7km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.0km/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: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.14 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)8 stations
SKQSteenkerque47.59511:01:43.64+8.53 s11:01:50.00+14.89 s6.36
BOUBougnies50.313111:01:43.66+8.55 s––
BRQBracquegnies56.211411:01:44.82+9.71 s––
RQRRonquières58.39811:01:45.21+10.10 s––
MRDMaredsous105.411311:01:53.03+17.92 s––
DOUDourbes106.912811:01:53.47+18.36 s––
GESGesves123.510511:01:56.07+20.96 s11:02:13.02+37.91 s16.95
KLBKalborn202.710811:02:08.10+32.99 s11:02:31.13+56.02 s23.03
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