TOURNAI (BE)

Suspected quarry blast25 July 2019

Magnitude
1.2ML
Depth
1.5km ± 47.2
Belgian time
13:00:062019-07-25
UTC
11:00:062019-07-25

Main parameters

Date and time2019-07-25 11:00:06 UTC
2019-07-25 13:00:06 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 1.2
Epicentral coordinates50.630° N, 3.271° E
Uncertainty ± 27.1 km
Depth of hypocenter1.5 ± 47.2 km
Event IDROB 8520

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2019-08-13 07:43:57 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
41.4 – 164.7km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.7km/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. Hypocenter at a depth of 1.5 km. P wave: 7 measurements, root-mean-square deviation 0.28 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°UTCUTCsnm
Belgian seismic network (Royal Observatory of Belgium)10 stations
LESLessines41.47711:00:13.98+7.33 s11:00:17.98+11.33 s4.00–
BOUBougnies54.811911:00:15.79+9.14 s–––
SKQSteenkerque57.38811:00:16.26+9.61 s11:00:25.23+18.58 s8.978.8
BRQBracquegnies63.510511:00:17.43+10.78 s–––
RQRRonquières67.69211:00:17.70+11.05 s–––
UCCBUccle79.17611:00:20.56+13.91 s–––
DOUDourbes111.512211:00:25.93+19.28 s–––
GESGesves131.710111:00:28.69+22.04 s–––
CLAClavier145.99811:00:32.07+25.42 s–––
LCHLa Chartreuse164.78911:00:27.82+21.17 s–––
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