TOURNAI (BE)

Quarry blast30 January 2019

Magnitude
2.0ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:02:422019-01-30
UTC
12:02:422019-01-30

Main parameters

Date and time2019-01-30 12:02:42 UTC
2019-01-30 13:02:42 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.0
Epicentral coordinates50.667° N, 3.402° E
Uncertainty ± 24.0 km
Event IDROB 7745

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2019-01-30 16:20:11 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
10
Epicentral distance
31.5 – 141.7km
Mean velocity, P wave
6.4km/s
Mean velocity, S wave
3.5km/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 0.53 s. S wave: 4 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.67 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)10 stations
LESLessines31.58112:02:48.90+6.26 s12:02:52.99+10.35 s4.09
SKQSteenkerque48.09212:02:50.91+8.27 s12:02:55.98+13.34 s5.07
BOUBougnies49.412912:02:52.07+9.43 s––
BRQBracquegnies56.011112:02:52.08+9.44 s––
RQRRonquières58.69612:02:51.96+9.32 s––
MRDMaredsous105.111212:03:00.43+17.79 s12:03:13.73+31.09 s13.30
DOUDourbes106.112612:02:59.56+16.92 s12:03:13.95+31.31 s14.39
GESGesves123.510412:03:03.33+20.69 s12:03:19.73+37.09 s16.40
CLAClavier137.510112:03:07.07+24.43 s12:03:23.49+40.85 s16.42
RCHRochefort141.711312:03:06.77+24.13 s12:03:24.16+41.52 s17.39
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