TOURNAI (BE)

Quarry blast26 October 2020

Magnitude
1.9ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:00:352020-10-26
UTC
12:00:352020-10-26

Main parameters

Date and time2020-10-26 12:00:35 UTC
2020-10-26 13:00:35 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.9
Epicentral coordinates50.621° N, 3.423° E
Uncertainty ± 23.4 km
Event IDROB 11155

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-10-26 14:46:34 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
6
Epicentral distance
31.4 – 69.1km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.6km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.6km/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 0.18 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.06 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)6 stations
LESLessines31.47112:00:42.05+6.09 s12:00:45.89+9.93 s3.84
SKQSteenkerque46.68612:00:44.17+8.21 s12:00:50.21+14.25 s6.04
BRQBracquegnies52.910712:00:45.46+9.50 s––
RQRRonquières56.89112:00:45.49+9.53 s12:00:53.07+17.11 s7.58
SNFSeneffe62.210112:00:46.64+10.68 s––
UCCBUccle69.17312:00:47.78+11.82 s12:00:56.34+20.38 s8.56
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