TOURNAI (BE)

Quarry blast24 November 2022

Magnitude
1.3ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:30:212022-11-24
UTC
11:30:212022-11-24

Main parameters

Date and time2022-11-24 11:30:21 UTC
2022-11-24 12:30:21 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.3
Epicentral coordinates50.620° N, 3.466° E
Uncertainty ± 9.2 km
Event IDROB 17855

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-11-28 08:31:12 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
28.5 – 135.5km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.2km/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: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.43 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
LESLessines28.56911:30:27.23+5.54 s11:30:30.31+8.62 s3.08
SKQSteenkerque43.68611:30:29.23+7.54 s11:30:34.79+13.10 s5.56
RQRRonquières53.79111:30:31.63+9.94 s––
SNFSeneffe59.210211:30:31.28+9.59 s11:30:39.05+17.36 s7.77
TGATangissart74.89111:30:33.99+12.30 s––
GESGesves117.910211:30:41.68+19.99 s––
CLAClavier132.19911:30:44.33+22.64 s––
RCHRochefort135.511211:30:45.22+23.53 s––
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