TOURNAI (BE)

Quarry blast13 May 2022

Magnitude
1.9ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:01:032022-05-13
UTC
11:01:032022-05-13

Main parameters

Date and time2022-05-13 11:01:03 UTC
2022-05-13 13:01:03 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.9
Epicentral coordinates50.648° N, 3.484° E
Uncertainty ± 11.6 km
Event IDROB 16185

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-05-13 15:57:21 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
8
Epicentral distance
26.4 – 135.5km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.9km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.3km/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 0.30 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.62 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)8 stations
LESLessines26.47411:01:09.15+5.16 s11:01:12.64+8.65 s3.49
SKQSteenkerque42.29011:01:11.13+7.14 s11:01:16.32+12.33 s5.19
BRQBracquegnies49.811211:01:12.38+8.39 s––
SNFSeneffe58.710511:01:13.68+9.69 s11:01:21.06+17.07 s7.38
MRDMaredsous98.911211:01:20.82+16.83 s––
DOUDourbes100.112711:01:21.29+17.30 s11:01:33.63+29.64 s12.34
GESGesves117.410411:01:23.68+19.69 s11:01:40.14+36.15 s16.46
RCHRochefort135.511311:01:27.73+23.74 s11:01:44.53+40.54 s16.80
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