TOURNAI (BE)

Quarry blast4 April 2022

Magnitude
1.6ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:31:342022-04-04
UTC
10:31:342022-04-04

Main parameters

Date and time2022-04-04 10:31:34 UTC
2022-04-04 12:31:34 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.6
Epicentral coordinates50.604° N, 3.501° E
Uncertainty ± 4.6 km
Event IDROB 15890

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-04-09 12:01:51 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
12
Epicentral distance
26.9 – 193.9km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.0km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.5km/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: 9 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.42 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.15 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)12 stations
LESLessines26.96410:31:39.02+4.83 s10:31:42.44+8.25 s3.42
SKQSteenkerque41.28310:31:41.05+6.86 s10:31:46.23+12.04 s5.18
BRQBracquegnies47.010710:31:42.34+8.15 s––
RQRRonquières51.28910:31:43.26+9.07 s––
TGATangissart72.38910:31:45.70+11.51 s––
OSTBOostende80.933110:31:48.81+14.62 s––
MRDMaredsous96.011010:31:50.33+16.14 s10:32:02.12+27.93 s11.79
DOUDourbes96.212610:31:50.43+16.24 s10:32:02.06+27.87 s11.63
GESGesves115.110210:31:53.40+19.21 s10:32:07.81+33.62 s14.41
CLAClavier129.49810:31:56.42+22.23 s10:32:12.03+37.84 s15.61
RCHRochefort132.511110:31:56.47+22.28 s––
KLBKalborn193.910610:32:05.13+30.94 s––
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