TOURNAI (BE)

Quarry blast20 May 2022

Magnitude
1.9ML
Depth
10.1km ± 2.3
Belgian time
13:00:422022-05-20
UTC
11:00:422022-05-20

Main parameters

Date and time2022-05-20 11:00:42 UTC
2022-05-20 13:00:42 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.9
Epicentral coordinates50.626° N, 3.395° E
Uncertainty ± 3.8 km
Depth of hypocenter10.1 ± 2.3 km
Event IDROB 16220

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-05-20 16:04:48 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
33.0 – 140.4km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.4km/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. Hypocenter at a depth of 10.1 km. P wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.14 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
LESLessines33.07311:00:48.77+6.27 s11:00:52.30+9.80 s3.53
SKQSteenkerque48.58711:00:50.97+8.47 s11:00:56.79+14.29 s5.82
RQRRonquières58.89211:00:52.58+10.08 s––
SNFSeneffe64.310111:00:53.13+10.63 s11:01:01.96+19.46 s8.83
DOUDourbes103.812411:00:59.61+17.11 s––
GESGesves123.010211:01:02.98+20.48 s11:01:18.14+35.64 s15.16
CLAClavier137.29911:01:05.46+22.96 s11:01:22.72+40.22 s17.26
RCHRochefort140.411111:01:04.61+22.11 s11:01:22.05+39.55 s17.44
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