TOURNAI (BE)

Quarry blast20 June 2023

Magnitude
1.4ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:31:112023-06-20
UTC
10:31:112023-06-20

Main parameters

Date and time2023-06-20 10:31:11 UTC
2023-06-20 12:31:11 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.4
Epicentral coordinates50.651° N, 3.559° E
Uncertainty ± 16.4 km
Event IDROB 19665

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2023-06-21 23:53:47 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
21.1 – 126.2km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.5km/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 0.68 s. S wave: 6 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.68 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
LESLessines21.17110:31:15.08+3.82 s10:31:18.46+7.20 s3.38
SKQSteenkerque36.89010:31:17.25+5.99 s10:31:22.63+11.37 s5.38
BRQBracquegnies45.011510:31:18.30+7.04 s10:31:24.83+13.57 s6.53
RQRRonquières47.49610:31:18.85+7.59 s10:31:25.44+14.18 s6.59
MRDMaredsous94.211410:31:29.03+17.77 s10:31:40.01+28.75 s10.98
DOUDourbes96.213010:31:28.87+17.61 s10:31:38.93+27.67 s10.06
CLAClavier126.210110:31:33.09+21.83 s10:31:48.50+37.24 s15.41
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