TOURNAI (BE)

Quarry blast20 May 2021

Magnitude
2.2ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:01:062021-05-20
UTC
11:01:062021-05-20

Main parameters

Date and time2021-05-20 11:01:06 UTC
2021-05-20 13:01:06 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.2
Epicentral coordinates50.638° N, 3.530° E
Uncertainty ± 1.5 km
Event IDROB 13490

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2021-05-21 16:51:02 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
14
Epicentral distance
38.9 – 193.0km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.1km/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: 11 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.19 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)13 stations
SKQSteenkerque38.98811:01:13.54+6.96 s11:01:18.58+12.00 s5.04
BOUBougnies40.413311:01:13.76+7.18 s––
BRQBracquegnies46.311211:01:14.72+8.14 s––
RQRRonquières49.39411:01:15.00+8.42 s––
SNFSeneffe55.210411:01:15.94+9.36 s––
UCCBUccle61.27311:01:17.63+11.05 s11:01:25.80+19.22 s8.17
TGATangissart70.39311:01:18.37+11.79 s––
OSTBOostende78.632811:01:20.07+13.49 s––
MRDMaredsous95.511311:01:22.80+16.22 s––
DOUDourbes96.912811:01:23.07+16.49 s11:01:36.09+29.51 s13.02
GESGesves114.010411:01:25.85+19.27 s––
RCHRochefort132.111311:01:29.01+22.43 s––
KLBKalborn193.010711:01:37.92+31.34 s11:01:59.68+53.10 s21.76
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve170.28411:01:34.77+28.19 s11:01:56.30+49.72 s21.53
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