FERNELMONT (BE)

Quarry blast21 October 2022

Magnitude
1.4ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:49:262022-10-21
UTC
11:49:262022-10-21

Main parameters

Date and time2022-10-21 11:49:26 UTC
2022-10-21 13:49:26 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.4
Epicentral coordinates50.519° N, 4.992° E
Uncertainty ± 1.7 km
Event IDROB 17440

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-10-22 18:59:15 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
7
Epicentral distance
16.4 – 66.2km
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: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.38 s. S wave: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.36 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)7 stations
GESGesves16.415611:49:29.60+2.75 s11:49:31.58+4.73 s1.98
CLAClavier24.611711:49:31.13+4.28 s11:49:34.97+8.12 s3.84
MRDMaredsous28.921411:49:32.20+5.35 s11:49:35.99+9.14 s3.79
RCHRochefort43.815711:49:35.34+8.49 s11:49:40.27+13.42 s4.93
DOUDourbes55.021111:49:36.94+10.09 s11:49:43.42+16.57 s6.48
RQRRonquières55.228011:49:36.96+10.11 s––
SKQSteenkerque66.228311:49:38.12+11.27 s11:49:46.19+19.34 s8.07
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