TOURNAI (BE)

Quarry blast30 April 2019

Magnitude
2.1ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:01:052019-04-30
UTC
11:01:052019-04-30

Main parameters

Date and time2019-04-30 11:01:05 UTC
2019-04-30 13:01:05 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.1
Epicentral coordinates50.623° N, 3.386° E
Uncertainty ± 7.5 km
Event IDROB 8095

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2019-04-30 13:16:26 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
47.4 – 123.5km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.3km/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 0.71 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
BOUBougnies47.412311:01:13.36+8.21 s11:01:18.28+13.13 s4.92
SKQSteenkerque49.28611:01:12.92+7.77 s11:01:19.14+13.99 s6.22
BRQBracquegnies55.410611:01:13.99+8.84 s––
RQRRonquières59.49111:01:15.22+10.07 s––
DOUDourbes104.112411:01:22.46+17.31 s11:01:35.51+30.36 s13.05
MRDMaredsous104.410911:01:24.75+19.60 s––
GESGesves123.510211:01:27.06+21.91 s11:01:41.07+35.92 s14.01
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