ESTAIMPUIS (BE)

Quarry blast28 October 2022

Magnitude
1.6ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:01:352022-10-28
UTC
10:01:352022-10-28

Main parameters

Date and time2022-10-28 10:01:35 UTC
2022-10-28 12:01:35 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.6
Epicentral coordinates50.673° N, 3.326° E
Uncertainty ± 8.9 km
Event IDROB 17585

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-11-21 14:35:22 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
36.8 – 142.8km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.5km/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 0.59 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
LESLessines36.88310:01:40.75+5.74 s10:01:45.99+10.98 s5.24
SKQSteenkerque53.49310:01:44.15+9.14 s10:01:50.15+15.14 s6.00
BRQBracquegnies61.211010:01:45.56+10.55 s––
SNFSeneffe70.210410:01:46.49+11.48 s––
MRDMaredsous110.311110:01:53.31+18.30 s10:02:06.68+31.67 s13.37
DOUDourbes110.812510:01:55.25+20.24 s––
GESGesves128.910410:01:57.61+22.60 s––
CLAClavier142.810110:01:59.00+23.99 s––
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