LEUZE-EN-HAINAUT (BE)

Quarry blast4 August 2022

Magnitude
1.3ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:45:322022-08-04
UTC
11:45:322022-08-04

Main parameters

Date and time2022-08-04 11:45:32 UTC
2022-08-04 13:45:32 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.3
Epicentral coordinates50.579° N, 3.581° E
Uncertainty ± 4.7 km
Event IDROB 16750

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-08-08 11:32:47 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
23.6 – 187.7km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.1km/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: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.65 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
LESLessines23.652–11:45:39.81+7.24 s–
SKQSteenkerque36.27711:45:38.42+5.85 s11:45:43.69+11.12 s5.27
BRQBracquegnies40.810511:45:38.91+6.34 s––
SNFSeneffe50.49811:45:40.73+8.16 s11:45:48.13+15.56 s7.40
OSTBOostende86.132911:45:47.69+15.12 s––
MRDMaredsous89.811011:45:47.76+15.19 s––
DOUDourbes90.112611:45:49.95+17.38 s––
KLBKalborn187.710611:46:02.72+30.15 s11:46:25.80+53.23 s23.08
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