TOURNAI (BE)

Quarry blast2 April 2020

Magnitude
2.0ML
Depth
–
Belgian time
13:01:432020-04-02
UTC
11:01:432020-04-02

Main parameters

Date and time2020-04-02 11:01:43 UTC
2020-04-02 13:01:43 Belgian time
MagnitudeML 2.0
Epicentral coordinates50.612° N, 3.488° E
Uncertainty ± 5.4 km
Event IDROB 9710

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Last update : 2020-04-02 13:26:43 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
40.8 – 195.0km
Mean velocity, P wave
5.9km/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 0.14 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
BOUBougnies40.812711:01:50.30+7.05 s––
SKQSteenkerque42.18411:01:50.18+6.93 s––
BRQBracquegnies48.210711:01:51.28+8.03 s––
RQRRonquières52.29011:01:51.91+8.66 s––
UCCBUccle64.97111:01:54.46+11.21 s11:02:02.28+19.03 s7.82
DOUDourbes97.512611:01:59.78+16.53 s––
GESGesves116.210211:02:02.90+19.65 s––
CLAClavier130.49911:02:04.95+21.70 s––
RCHRochefort133.711211:02:05.67+22.42 s11:02:22.61+39.36 s16.94
KLBKalborn195.010611:02:14.62+31.37 s––
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