TOURNAI (BE)

Quarry blast3 August 2021

Magnitude
2.1ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:00:192021-08-03
UTC
11:00:192021-08-03

Main parameters

Date and time2021-08-03 11:00:19 UTC
2021-08-03 13:00:19 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.1
Epicentral coordinates50.607° N, 3.490° E
Uncertainty ± 2.9 km
Event IDROB 14165

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2021-08-06 18:24:53 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
9
Epicentral distance
40.4 – 194.7km
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: 7 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)9 stations
BOUBougnies40.412711:00:27.01+7.09 s––
SKQSteenkerque42.08311:00:27.26+7.34 s11:00:32.82+12.90 s5.56
BRQBracquegnies47.910711:00:28.56+8.64 s––
RQRRonquières52.09011:00:28.82+8.90 s––
SNFSeneffe57.310011:00:29.74+9.82 s––
UCCBUccle65.07111:00:31.26+11.34 s11:00:39.25+19.33 s7.99
GESGesves116.010211:00:39.68+19.76 s11:00:54.50+34.58 s14.82
RCHRochefort133.411111:00:42.17+22.25 s11:00:58.87+38.95 s16.70
KLBKalborn194.710611:00:51.76+31.84 s11:01:15.55+55.63 s23.79
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