FRASNES-LEZ-ANVAING (BE)

Quarry blast21 March 2023

Magnitude
1.2ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:02:032023-03-21
UTC
12:02:032023-03-21

Main parameters

Date and time2023-03-21 12:02:03 UTC
2023-03-21 13:02:03 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.2
Epicentral coordinates50.722° N, 3.588° E
Uncertainty ± 8.2 km
Event IDROB 19190

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2023-03-27 11:02:11 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
18.1 – 126.0km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.6km/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: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.48 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
LESLessines18.19412:02:06.52+3.02 s––
SKQSteenkerque35.710312:02:09.40+5.90 s12:02:14.72+11.22 s5.32
BLRGBlaregnies46.315212:02:11.95+8.45 s––
SNFSeneffe54.611512:02:11.87+8.37 s12:02:19.68+16.18 s7.81
MRDMaredsous95.911912:02:20.74+17.24 s––
DOUDourbes100.013412:02:20.83+17.33 s12:02:31.69+28.19 s10.86
GESGesves112.710912:02:23.39+19.89 s––
CLAClavier126.010512:02:25.07+21.57 s––
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