TOURNAI (BE)

Quarry blast9 March 2022

Magnitude
1.7ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:00:472022-03-09
UTC
12:00:472022-03-09

Main parameters

Date and time2022-03-09 12:00:47 UTC
2022-03-09 13:00:47 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.7
Epicentral coordinates50.606° N, 3.457° E
Uncertainty ± 10.8 km
Event IDROB 15605

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-03-15 19:56:00 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
6
Epicentral distance
29.7 – 118.2km
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: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.27 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.46 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)6 stations
LESLessines29.76712:00:52.85+5.43 s12:00:56.97+9.55 s4.12
SKQSteenkerque44.38412:00:54.83+7.41 s12:01:00.79+13.37 s5.96
RQRRonquières54.49012:00:57.21+9.79 s––
SNFSeneffe59.510012:00:57.35+9.93 s12:01:04.67+17.25 s7.32
DOUDourbes98.912512:01:04.43+17.01 s12:01:16.89+29.47 s12.46
GESGesves118.210112:01:07.40+19.98 s12:01:23.38+35.96 s15.98
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