LESSINES (BE)

Quarry blast10 September 2021

Magnitude
1.3ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:43:462021-09-10
UTC
11:43:462021-09-10

Main parameters

Date and time2021-09-10 11:43:46 UTC
2021-09-10 13:43:46 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.3
Epicentral coordinates50.694° N, 3.843° E
Uncertainty ± 7.4 km
Event IDROB 14405

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2021-09-13 08:42:22 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
10
Epicentral distance
1.9 – 147.7km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.4km/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: 9 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.32 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
LESLessines1.9011:43:46.37+0.21 s11:43:46.73+0.57 s0.36
SKQSteenkerque17.510611:43:49.14+2.98 s11:43:51.77+5.61 s2.63
RQRRonquières28.711011:43:50.97+4.81 s––
BRQBracquegnies31.513911:43:52.25+6.09 s––
SNFSeneffe37.312311:43:52.96+6.80 s11:43:57.36+11.20 s4.40
TGATangissart49.010111:43:54.58+8.42 s––
DSLBDessel104.75511:44:04.79+18.63 s––
CLAClavier107.810611:44:06.19+20.03 s––
RCHRochefort115.212111:44:07.49+21.33 s––
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve147.78611:44:11.34+25.18 s––
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