TOURNAI (BE)

Quarry blast19 January 2022

Magnitude
2.0ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:03:522022-01-19
UTC
12:03:522022-01-19

Main parameters

Date and time2022-01-19 12:03:52 UTC
2022-01-19 13:03:52 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.0
Epicentral coordinates50.646° N, 3.539° E
Uncertainty ± 2.7 km
Event IDROB 15220

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-01-20 16:33:37 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
38.3 – 127.5km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.6km/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: 9 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.29 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 1.05 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
SKQSteenkerque38.38912:03:59.07+6.92 s12:04:01.58+9.43 s2.51
BRQBracquegnies46.111312:04:00.19+8.04 s––
RQRRonquières48.79512:04:00.55+8.40 s––
BDHNBois d'Haine50.110712:04:00.90+8.75 s––
SNFSeneffe54.810612:04:01.44+9.29 s12:04:09.10+16.95 s7.66
TGATangissart69.79312:04:03.99+11.84 s––
OSTBOostende78.232812:04:05.55+13.40 s––
DOUDourbes96.912912:04:08.80+16.65 s12:04:20.52+28.37 s11.72
GESGesves113.510412:04:11.46+19.31 s12:04:26.89+34.74 s15.43
CLAClavier127.510112:04:13.29+21.14 s12:04:31.25+39.10 s17.96
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