MONT-DE-L'ENCLUS (BE)

Quarry blast17 November 2022

Magnitude
1.6ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:32:162022-11-17
UTC
11:32:162022-11-17

Main parameters

Date and time2022-11-17 11:32:16 UTC
2022-11-17 12:32:16 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.6
Epicentral coordinates50.746° N, 3.518° E
Uncertainty ± 10.1 km
Event IDROB 17750

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-11-21 14:45:55 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
10
Epicentral distance
41.2 – 197.7km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.7km/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: 8 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.61 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.62 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)10 stations
SKQSteenkerque41.210511:32:24.31+7.35 s11:32:30.04+13.08 s5.73
RQRRonquières52.410711:32:25.28+8.32 s––
BRQBracquegnies52.812411:32:25.53+8.57 s––
SNFSeneffe60.211511:32:26.67+9.71 s––
TGATangissart72.710211:32:29.11+12.15 s––
MRDMaredsous101.511911:32:35.42+18.46 s11:32:47.11+30.15 s11.69
DOUDourbes105.413311:32:35.88+18.92 s11:32:47.44+30.48 s11.56
GESGesves118.210911:32:36.81+19.85 s11:32:52.09+35.13 s15.28
CLAClavier131.510511:32:39.52+22.56 s––
KLBKalborn197.711011:32:48.59+31.63 s––
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