TOURNAI (BE)

Quarry blast15 December 2022

Magnitude
2.1ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:00:072022-12-15
UTC
12:00:072022-12-15

Main parameters

Date and time2022-12-15 12:00:07 UTC
2022-12-15 13:00:07 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.1
Epicentral coordinates50.655° N, 3.432° E
Uncertainty ± 4.0 km
Event IDROB 18050

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2022-12-16 11:30:36 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
11
Epicentral distance
29.7 – 200.2km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.9km/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 0.37 s. S wave: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.18 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)11 stations
LESLessines29.77812:00:13.87+5.96 s12:00:17.00+9.09 s3.13
SKQSteenkerque45.89112:00:15.78+7.87 s12:00:21.71+13.80 s5.93
BLRGBlaregnies46.913512:00:15.82+7.91 s12:00:21.64+13.73 s5.82
RQRRonquières56.49512:00:17.46+9.55 s––
SNFSeneffe62.410512:00:18.22+10.31 s––
TGATangissart77.39412:00:20.86+12.95 s12:00:30.73+22.82 s9.87
MRDMaredsous102.611212:00:25.45+17.54 s12:00:38.40+30.49 s12.95
DOUDourbes103.512712:00:26.04+18.13 s12:00:38.89+30.98 s12.85
GESGesves121.110412:00:28.38+20.47 s12:00:44.63+36.72 s16.25
CLAClavier135.110012:00:30.53+22.62 s12:00:47.61+39.70 s17.08
KLBKalborn200.210712:00:40.43+32.52 s––
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