LESSINES (BE)

Quarry blast18 May 2022

Magnitude
1.3ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:44:442022-05-18
UTC
10:44:442022-05-18

Main parameters

Date and time2022-05-18 10:44:44 UTC
2022-05-18 12:44:44 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.3
Epicentral coordinates50.721° N, 3.870° E
Uncertainty ± 4.9 km
Event IDROB 16205

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-05-18 22:31:18 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
2.3 – 106.8km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.9km/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 0.57 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.17 s.

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
LESLessines2.323910:44:45.47+0.51 s10:44:45.68+0.72 s0.21
SKQSteenkerque16.811810:44:48.20+3.24 s10:44:50.44+5.48 s2.24
RQRRonquières28.211710:44:49.96+5.00 s––
BRQBracquegnies32.714510:44:51.04+6.08 s––
SNFSeneffe37.512810:44:51.75+6.79 s10:44:56.35+11.39 s4.60
TGATangissart47.810510:44:53.50+8.54 s10:44:59.55+14.59 s6.05
DOUDourbes86.614310:45:01.11+16.15 s––
CLAClavier106.810810:45:02.29+17.33 s––
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