LESSINES (BE)

Quarry blast6 April 2022

Magnitude
1.4ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
14:11:322022-04-06
UTC
12:11:322022-04-06

Main parameters

Date and time2022-04-06 12:11:32 UTC
2022-04-06 14:11:32 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.4
Epicentral coordinates50.734° N, 3.860° E
Uncertainty ± 1.9 km
Event IDROB 15880

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-04-09 11:58:22 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
9
Epicentral distance
2.9 – 158.7km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.8km/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: 8 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.18 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.50 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
LESLessines2.920512:11:33.18+0.62 s12:11:33.49+0.93 s0.31
SKQSteenkerque18.212112:11:35.91+3.35 s12:11:38.23+5.67 s2.32
RQRRonquières29.511912:11:37.83+5.27 s––
BRQBracquegnies34.314512:11:38.90+6.34 s––
SNFSeneffe39.012912:11:39.68+7.12 s––
TGATangissart49.010712:11:41.22+8.66 s12:11:48.23+15.67 s7.01
DOUDourbes88.214312:11:47.63+15.07 s––
GESGesves95.211412:11:49.41+16.85 s12:12:00.64+28.08 s11.23
MRGMont Rigi158.79812:11:58.89+26.33 s12:12:17.93+45.37 s19.04
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