TERNEUZEN (NL)

Controlled explosion23 March 2022

Magnitude
2.0ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:12:182022-03-23
UTC
11:12:182022-03-23

Main parameters

Date and time2022-03-23 11:12:18 UTC
2022-03-23 12:12:18 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.0
Epicentral coordinates51.351° N, 3.793° E
Uncertainty ± 2.2 km
Event IDROB 15685

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-03-24 11:21:34 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
60.9 – 163.6km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.6km/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 0.29 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.75 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)9 stations
OSTBOostende60.925811:12:29.30+10.42 s11:12:36.24+17.36 s6.94
UCCBUccle73.414711:12:31.88+13.00 s11:12:38.35+19.47 s6.47
SKQSteenkerque80.716511:12:32.71+13.83 s11:12:42.80+23.92 s10.09
DSLBDessel89.79811:12:33.92+15.04 s––
TGATangissart97.514811:12:35.32+16.44 s11:12:46.70+27.82 s11.38
SNFSeneffe99.616011:12:36.32+17.44 s11:12:47.51+28.63 s11.19
BRQBracquegnies99.816611:12:36.14+17.26 s––
GESGesves140.913911:12:42.45+23.57 s11:12:59.44+40.56 s16.99
DOUDourbes150.815811:12:43.87+24.99 s11:13:02.27+43.39 s18.40
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve163.611311:12:45.46+26.58 s––
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