PHILIPPEVILLE (BE)

Quarry blast8 March 2022

Magnitude
1.4ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
15:18:202022-03-08
UTC
14:18:202022-03-08

Main parameters

Date and time2022-03-08 14:18:20 UTC
2022-03-08 15:18:20 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.4
Epicentral coordinates50.212° N, 4.515° E
Uncertainty ± 1.2 km
Event IDROB 15610

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-03-15 19:57:25 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
14.3 – 60.6km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.4km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.2km/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 0.42 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.24 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
DOUDourbes14.315614:18:23.51+2.76 s14:18:25.57+4.82 s2.06
MRDMaredsous20.66114:18:24.10+3.35 s14:18:27.15+6.40 s3.05
SNFSeneffe37.133414:18:27.31+6.56 s––
GESGesves45.06514:18:28.84+8.09 s14:18:34.68+13.93 s5.84
RCHRochefort51.29714:18:29.69+8.94 s14:18:36.41+15.66 s6.72
CLAClavier60.66714:18:32.63+11.88 s––
Did you feel an earthquake?The inquiry takes just a few minutes. Every report helps seismologists assess the effects of the earthquake.
Take the inquiry