LEUZE-EN-HAINAUT (BE)

Quarry blast23 November 2022

Magnitude
1.5ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:00:232022-11-23
UTC
12:00:232022-11-23

Main parameters

Date and time2022-11-23 12:00:23 UTC
2022-11-23 13:00:23 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.5
Epicentral coordinates50.587° N, 3.568° E
Uncertainty ± 3.7 km
Event IDROB 17835

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-11-24 09:14:25 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
9
Epicentral distance
23.9 – 188.8km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.8km/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 0.22 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)9 stations
LESLessines23.95412:00:27.54+4.53 s––
SKQSteenkerque36.97912:00:29.46+6.45 s12:00:34.62+11.61 s5.16
BRQBracquegnies42.010612:00:30.02+7.01 s––
RQRRonquières46.68712:00:31.09+8.08 s––
SNFSeneffe51.59912:00:31.79+8.78 s––
TGATangissart67.68812:00:34.39+11.38 s––
DOUDourbes91.312612:00:39.06+16.05 s––
GESGesves110.110112:00:42.03+19.02 s––
KLBKalborn188.810612:00:53.84+30.83 s12:01:15.69+52.68 s21.85
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