LESSINES (BE)

Quarry blast28 September 2022

Magnitude
1.6ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:41:062022-09-28
UTC
10:41:062022-09-28

Main parameters

Date and time2022-09-28 10:41:06 UTC
2022-09-28 12:41:06 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.6
Epicentral coordinates50.717° N, 3.853° E
Uncertainty ± 5.1 km
Event IDROB 17465

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-10-27 12:49:10 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
1.0 – 158.9km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.2km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.2km/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 0.67 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.49 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
LESLessines1.022810:41:07.08+0.09 s10:41:07.26+0.27 s0.18
SKQSteenkerque17.711510:41:09.75+2.76 s10:41:11.40+4.41 s1.65
RQRRonquières29.011510:41:10.93+3.94 s––
SNFSeneffe38.112710:41:13.22+6.23 s10:41:17.81+10.82 s4.59
DOUDourbes87.014210:41:24.14+17.15 s––
GESGesves94.911210:41:25.03+18.04 s10:41:36.41+29.42 s11.38
RCHRochefort115.912210:41:28.04+21.05 s––
MRGMont Rigi158.99710:41:33.50+26.51 s10:41:52.23+45.24 s18.73
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