WANZE (BE)

Quarry blast18 January 2022

Magnitude
1.6ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
14:24:072022-01-18
UTC
13:24:072022-01-18

Main parameters

Date and time2022-01-18 13:24:07 UTC
2022-01-18 14:24:07 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.6
Epicentral coordinates50.553° N, 5.242° E
Uncertainty ± 0.9 km
Event IDROB 15215

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-01-20 16:32:24 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
15.6 – 79.7km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.8km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.3km/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 0.20 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.39 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)7 stations
CLAClavier15.616413:24:09.92+2.76 s13:24:12.13+4.97 s2.21
GESGesves21.721013:24:10.83+3.67 s13:24:13.75+6.59 s2.92
RCHRochefort44.318113:24:15.24+8.08 s13:24:21.42+14.26 s6.18
MEMHMembach54.88313:24:16.77+9.61 s––
OPTBOpitter68.12413:24:18.88+11.72 s––
DOUDourbes68.722213:24:19.41+12.25 s13:24:27.64+20.48 s8.23
KLBKalborn79.712913:24:21.36+14.20 s––
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)3 stations
VKBValkenburg51.84813:24:15.98+8.82 s––
TERZTerziet52.16413:24:16.27+9.11 s––
HGNHeimansgroeve54.16413:24:16.47+9.31 s13:24:23.54+16.38 s7.07
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