TOURNAI (BE)

Quarry blast7 May 2021

Magnitude
2.1ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:53:332021-05-07
UTC
11:53:332021-05-07

Main parameters

Date and time2021-05-07 11:53:33 UTC
2021-05-07 13:53:33 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.1
Epicentral coordinates50.643° N, 3.524° E
Uncertainty ± 2.5 km
Event IDROB 13345

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2021-05-07 16:35:50 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
14
Epicentral distance
23.8 – 193.6km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.8km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.4km/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: 10 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.86 s. S wave: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.68 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)14 stations
LESLessines23.87111:53:36.51+3.34 s11:53:41.54+8.37 s5.03
SKQSteenkerque39.38911:53:39.83+6.66 s11:53:45.74+12.57 s5.91
RQRRonquières49.89411:53:41.50+8.33 s11:53:49.06+15.89 s7.56
SNFSeneffe55.810511:53:42.30+9.13 s––
UCCBUccle61.57311:53:43.84+10.67 s11:53:51.09+17.92 s7.25
TGATangissart70.79311:53:44.98+11.81 s––
OSTBOostende77.932811:53:46.56+13.39 s––
MRDMaredsous96.111311:53:51.52+18.35 s11:54:01.66+28.49 s10.14
DOUDourbes97.612811:53:51.58+18.41 s11:54:01.67+28.50 s10.09
GESGesves114.510411:53:52.21+19.04 s11:54:07.05+33.88 s14.84
MOL1Mol126.85911:53:54.07+20.90 s––
CLAClavier128.510011:53:55.91+22.74 s11:54:12.23+39.06 s16.32
RCHRochefort132.711311:53:55.95+22.78 s11:54:11.10+37.93 s15.15
KLBKalborn193.610711:54:04.10+30.93 s––
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