LESSINES (BE)

Quarry blast5 July 2023

Magnitude
1.8ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
12:42:392023-07-05
UTC
10:42:392023-07-05

Main parameters

Date and time2023-07-05 10:42:39 UTC
2023-07-05 12:42:39 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.8
Epicentral coordinates50.732° N, 3.868° E
Uncertainty ± 22.5 km
Event IDROB 19850

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2023-07-10 12:16:53 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
4
Epicentral distance
2.9 – 33.7km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.6km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.2km/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: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.12 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.22 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)4 stations
LESLessines2.921710:42:40.23+0.69 s10:42:40.45+0.91 s0.22
SKQSteenkerque17.612210:42:42.82+3.28 s10:42:44.61+5.07 s1.79
RQRRonquières28.911910:42:44.59+5.05 s10:42:48.66+9.12 s4.07
BRQBracquegnies33.714610:42:45.65+6.11 s10:42:50.19+10.65 s4.54
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