TOURNAI (BE)

Quarry blast1 June 2023

Magnitude
1.8ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:30:512023-06-01
UTC
10:30:512023-06-01

Main parameters

Date and time2023-06-01 10:30:51 UTC
2023-06-01 12:30:51 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.8
Epicentral coordinates50.640° N, 3.505° E
Uncertainty ± 4.2 km
Event IDROB 19595

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2023-06-03 12:57:58 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
25.2 – 194.8km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.0km/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: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.28 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.33 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
LESLessines25.27210:30:56.66+4.88 s10:31:00.04+8.26 s3.38
SKQSteenkerque40.78810:30:58.78+7.00 s10:31:04.35+12.57 s5.57
BRQBracquegnies48.111110:30:59.94+8.16 s––
SNFSeneffe57.110410:31:01.20+9.42 s10:31:08.55+16.77 s7.35
DOUDourbes98.512810:31:08.86+17.08 s10:31:21.35+29.57 s12.49
GESGesves115.810410:31:11.49+19.71 s––
KLBKalborn194.810710:31:23.26+31.48 s––
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