BRAINE-LE-COMTE (BE)

Quarry blast16 February 2022

Magnitude
1.3ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:10:402022-02-16
UTC
12:10:402022-02-16

Main parameters

Date and time2022-02-16 12:10:40 UTC
2022-02-16 13:10:40 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.3
Epicentral coordinates50.608° N, 4.142° E
Uncertainty ± 1.1 km
Event IDROB 15485

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-02-18 09:55:18 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
5.9 – 65.6km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.9km/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: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.23 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.38 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
RQRRonquières5.99312:10:41.87+1.55 s––
SKQSteenkerque6.331612:10:41.59+1.27 s––
BRQBracquegnies14.218212:10:42.77+2.45 s––
SNFSeneffe14.813712:10:42.76+2.44 s12:10:45.56+5.24 s2.80
TGATangissart26.99112:10:44.99+4.67 s12:10:48.60+8.28 s3.61
MRDMaredsous56.012712:10:50.31+9.99 s12:10:57.60+17.28 s7.29
DOUDourbes65.615012:10:51.87+11.55 s12:10:59.71+19.39 s7.84
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