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Suspected earthquake14 July 2001

Magnitude
1.3ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
14:53:002001-07-14
UTC
12:53:002001-07-14

Main parameters

Magnitude and intensity

Two numbers often confused, with the values of this earthquake and of the Observatory’s catalogue.

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1Magnitude: the size of the earthquake

The magnitude (ML 1.3) measures the size of the earthquake at its source, from the amplitude of the waves recorded by seismographs: a single value for the whole earthquake. Since 1985, 57 % of the 3,122 earthquakes with a magnitude in the Observatory’s catalogue have a smaller one.

Animation drawn from the page and the Observatory’s catalogue (tectonic earthquakes since 1985, ML or MW magnitudes); short descriptions of the European Macroseismic Scale EMS-98.

Date and time2001-07-14 12:53:00 UTC
2001-07-14 14:53:00 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.3
Epicentral coordinatesEpicentre not located
Event IDROB 1547

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2019-11-25 11:44:13 Belgian time

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