SOIGNIES (BE)

Quarry blast12 January 2022

Magnitude
1.2ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
14:06:272022-01-12
UTC
13:06:272022-01-12

Main parameters

Date and time2022-01-12 13:06:27 UTC
2022-01-12 14:06:27 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.2
Epicentral coordinates50.589° N, 4.085° E
Uncertainty ± 1.6 km
Event IDROB 15150

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-01-12 17:21:51 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
7
Epicentral distance
6.7 – 132.0km
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: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.22 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.35 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)6 stations
SKQSteenkerque6.735713:06:28.71+1.32 s13:06:29.73+2.34 s1.02
RQRRonquières10.17913:06:29.38+1.99 s––
BRQBracquegnies12.516313:06:29.28+1.89 s––
SNFSeneffe16.612213:06:30.25+2.86 s13:06:33.13+5.74 s2.88
TGATangissart31.08713:06:32.67+5.28 s13:06:36.55+9.16 s3.88
DOUDourbes65.914613:06:39.04+11.65 s13:06:47.13+19.74 s8.09
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve132.08113:06:50.07+22.68 s13:07:06.83+39.44 s16.76
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