LESSINES (BE)

Quarry blast3 February 2023

Magnitude
1.9ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
11:41:122023-02-03
UTC
10:41:122023-02-03

Main parameters

Date and time2023-02-03 10:41:12 UTC
2023-02-03 11:41:12 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.9
Epicentral coordinates50.742° N, 3.854° E
Uncertainty ± 8.9 km
Event IDROB 18630

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2023-02-09 10:29:49 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
6
Epicentral distance
3.6 – 89.2km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.2km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.3km/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 0.39 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.14 s.

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)6 stations
LESLessines3.619210:41:13.11+0.69 s10:41:13.55+1.13 s0.44
SKQSteenkerque19.112310:41:15.74+3.32 s10:41:17.96+5.54 s2.22
RQRRonquières30.312010:41:17.60+5.18 s––
BRQBracquegnies35.314510:41:18.75+6.33 s––
MRDMaredsous81.312710:41:28.41+15.99 s10:41:36.70+24.28 s8.29
DOUDourbes89.214410:41:28.82+16.40 s10:41:39.25+26.83 s10.43
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