TOURNAI (BE)

Quarry blast16 May 2022

Magnitude
1.9ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:00:352022-05-16
UTC
11:00:352022-05-16

Main parameters

Date and time2022-05-16 11:00:35 UTC
2022-05-16 13:00:35 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.9
Epicentral coordinates50.686° N, 3.421° E
Uncertainty ± 6.7 km
Event IDROB 16190

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-05-18 22:29:09 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
29.9 – 201.9km
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: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.91 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.54 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
LESLessines29.98411:00:41.67+6.14 s11:00:45.34+9.81 s3.67
SKQSteenkerque46.89511:00:43.53+8.00 s11:00:48.84+13.31 s5.31
RQRRonquières57.69911:00:43.83+8.30 s––
SNFSeneffe64.110711:00:46.03+10.50 s11:00:53.98+18.45 s7.95
TGATangissart78.49611:00:48.48+12.95 s11:00:58.78+23.25 s10.30
MRDMaredsous104.711411:00:54.87+19.34 s––
DOUDourbes106.212811:00:53.85+18.32 s11:01:06.86+31.33 s13.01
GESGesves122.810511:00:56.00+20.47 s11:01:13.10+37.57 s17.10
KLBKalborn201.910811:01:07.17+31.64 s11:01:31.67+56.14 s24.50
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