FRASNES-LEZ-ANVAING (BE)

Quarry blast22 February 2023

Magnitude
1.7ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:30:562023-02-22
UTC
11:30:562023-02-22

Main parameters

Date and time2023-02-22 11:30:56 UTC
2023-02-22 12:30:56 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.7
Epicentral coordinates50.698° N, 3.527° E
Uncertainty ± 9.3 km
Event IDROB 18845

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2023-02-25 15:35:21 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
7
Epicentral distance
39.4 – 129.5km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.0km/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 0.07 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)7 stations
SKQSteenkerque39.49811:31:03.80+6.99 s11:31:09.47+12.66 s5.67
BRQBracquegnies49.411911:31:05.47+8.66 s––
RQRRonquières50.410111:31:05.47+8.66 s––
TGATangissart71.19811:31:09.16+12.35 s11:31:18.07+21.26 s8.91
DOUDourbes101.313111:31:14.17+17.36 s11:31:26.76+29.95 s12.59
GESGesves115.910711:31:16.52+19.71 s––
CLAClavier129.510311:31:18.90+22.09 s––
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