LESSINES (BE)

Quarry blast17 June 2022

Magnitude
1.5ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
10:42:362022-06-17
UTC
08:42:362022-06-17

Main parameters

Date and time2022-06-17 08:42:36 UTC
2022-06-17 10:42:36 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.5
Epicentral coordinates50.722° N, 3.857° E
Uncertainty ± 6.1 km
Event IDROB 16375

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-06-17 15:35:02 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
10
Epicentral distance
1.6 – 152.7km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.4km/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 0.24 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
LESLessines1.621808:42:36.82+0.22 s––
SKQSteenkerque17.711708:42:39.46+2.86 s––
RQRRonquières29.111608:42:41.23+4.63 s––
BRQBracquegnies33.314408:42:42.41+5.81 s––
UCCBUccle36.47708:42:43.14+6.54 s––
SNFSeneffe38.312808:42:42.93+6.33 s08:42:48.02+11.42 s5.09
DOUDourbes87.314308:42:52.64+16.04 s08:43:02.78+26.18 s10.14
CLAClavier107.810808:42:56.31+19.71 s08:43:08.57+31.97 s12.26
MEMHMembach152.79408:43:02.28+25.68 s––
Dutch seismic network (KNMI)1 station
HGNHeimansgroeve146.58708:43:01.52+24.92 s––
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