TOURNAI (BE)

Quarry blast17 January 2022

Magnitude
1.9ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:05:302022-01-17
UTC
12:05:302022-01-17

Main parameters

Date and time2022-01-17 12:05:30 UTC
2022-01-17 13:05:30 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.9
Epicentral coordinates50.645° N, 3.373° E
Uncertainty ± 9.5 km
Event IDROB 15185

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-01-18 11:36:53 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
10
Epicentral distance
50.0 – 203.8km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.0km/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: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.55 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)10 stations
SKQSteenkerque50.08912:05:38.73+8.59 s12:05:45.52+15.38 s6.79
BRQBracquegnies57.010812:05:40.05+9.91 s––
RQRRonquières60.49412:05:39.56+9.42 s––
BDHNBois d'Haine61.410412:05:39.67+9.53 s––
SNFSeneffe66.210312:05:41.23+11.09 s12:05:50.45+20.31 s9.22
TGATangissart81.49312:05:44.85+14.71 s12:05:54.54+24.40 s9.69
GESGesves124.910312:05:52.92+22.78 s12:06:06.43+36.29 s13.51
MEMSMembach186.69012:06:00.28+30.14 s––
MEMHMembach186.69012:06:00.36+30.22 s––
KLBKalborn203.810612:06:03.15+33.01 s––
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