LESSINES (BE)

Quarry blast22 October 2021

Magnitude
1.7ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:44:422021-10-22
UTC
11:44:422021-10-22

Main parameters

Date and time2021-10-22 11:44:42 UTC
2021-10-22 13:44:42 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.7
Epicentral coordinates50.704° N, 3.841° E
Uncertainty ± 11.0 km
Event IDROB 14640

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2021-10-22 16:24:47 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
0.8 – 108.3km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.4km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.1km/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: 10 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.47 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.49 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)10 stations
LESLessines0.81011:44:42.10+0.01 s11:44:42.28+0.19 s0.18
SKQSteenkerque18.011011:44:44.81+2.72 s11:44:46.62+4.53 s1.81
RQRRonquières29.211211:44:46.58+4.49 s––
BRQBracquegnies32.414011:44:47.82+5.73 s––
SNFSeneffe38.012411:44:48.32+6.23 s11:44:53.48+11.39 s5.16
TGATangissart49.410311:44:50.02+7.93 s––
DOUDourbes86.414111:44:57.67+15.58 s––
GESGesves95.211111:45:00.11+18.02 s11:45:12.72+30.63 s12.61
DSLBDessel104.15511:45:00.26+18.17 s––
CLAClavier108.310611:45:01.42+19.33 s––
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