MARCHE-EN-FAMENNE (BE)

Quarry blast18 August 2022

Magnitude
0.9ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:03:222022-08-18
UTC
10:03:222022-08-18

Main parameters

Date and time2022-08-18 10:03:22 UTC
2022-08-18 12:03:22 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 0.9
Epicentral coordinates50.183° N, 5.259° E
Uncertainty ± 1.0 km
Event IDROB 16855

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-08-18 15:16:50 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
5
Epicentral distance
3.9 – 61.4km
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: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.21 s. S wave: 5 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.25 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)5 stations
RCHRochefort3.921610:03:23.11+0.70 s10:03:23.88+1.47 s0.77
GESGesves25.633110:03:27.25+4.84 s10:03:30.67+8.26 s3.42
CLAClavier26.4710:03:27.55+5.14 s10:03:30.11+7.70 s2.56
DOUDourbes48.525910:03:30.84+8.43 s10:03:37.01+14.60 s6.17
KLBKalborn61.49810:03:33.23+10.82 s10:03:40.82+18.41 s7.59
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