Earthquakes in Belgium

DESSEL (BE) - 2022-10-03 00:44:47 - Magnitude 1.6
Last update : 2023-01-13 15:01:37 Belgian time

Main parameters

Date and time 2022-10-03 00:44:47 UTC
2022-10-03 02:44:47 Belgian time
Type Known induced event
Magnitude ML 1.6
Region DESSEL (BE)
Epicentral coordinates 51.228° N, 5.115° E Uncertainty ± 0.7 km
Depth of hypocenter 3.6 ± 0.6 km

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)

Location map

Quake measurements

Measurements by the Belgian seismic network
Station Epicentral
distance (km)		 P-Wave arrival (hh:mm:ss.ss) S-Wave arrival (hh:mm:ss.ss) Maximal ground
displacement (nm)
Code Place
MOLT MOL 3 00:44:47.90 00:44:49.17 240.8
MOLK MOL 3 00:44:47.96 00:44:49.44 -
MOLS MOL 3 00:44:48.06 00:44:49.64 373
DSLS DESSEL 4 00:44:48.08 00:44:49.63 507.2
OPTB OPITTER 39 00:44:53.90 00:44:57.00 14.4
EBN EBEN-EMAEL 62 00:44:57.82 00:45:05.52 33.6
UCCB UCCLE 71 00:44:59.16 00:45:07.34 11.1
UCCA UCCLE 71 00:44:59.30 - -
UCCS UCCLE 71 00:44:59.31 - -
LCH LA CHARTREUSE 74 00:44:59.72 00:45:08.98 10.1
TGA TANGISSART 81 00:45:00.81 00:45:09.87 6.7
CLA CLAVIER 91 00:45:02.78 00:45:14.36 -
RQR RONQUIÈRES 93 00:45:03.02 - -
GES GESVES 94 00:45:03.23 00:45:14.23 4.7
MEMH MEMBACH 93 00:45:03.25 00:45:14.22 4.7
SKQ STEENKERQUE 97 00:45:03.57 00:45:15.02 -
SNF SENEFFE 99 00:45:03.82 00:45:15.71 -
BDHN BOIS D'HAINE 102 00:45:04.64 - -
LES LESSINES 106 00:45:04.83 00:45:18.36 -
MRG MONT RIGI 104 00:45:04.86 00:45:17.41 5.7
RCH ROCHEFORT 120 00:45:07.27 00:45:22.55 7.4
HOU HOUVEGNEZ 116 00:45:07.28 00:45:21.30 9.2
DOU DOURBES 131 00:45:09.64 - -
KLB KALBORN 144 00:45:11.33 00:45:29.21 9.3
VIA VIANDEN 163 00:45:13.98 00:45:33.17 -
Measurements by the German seismic network of Bensberg (University of Cologne)
Station Epicentral
distance (km)		 P-Wave arrival (hh:mm:ss.ss) S-Wave arrival (hh:mm:ss.ss) Maximal ground
displacement (nm)
Code Place
KLL KALLTALSPERRE 106 00:45:05.01 00:45:18.02 -
Measurements by the Dutch seismic network of KNMI (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute)
Station Epicentral
distance (km)		 P-Wave arrival (hh:mm:ss.ss) S-Wave arrival (hh:mm:ss.ss) Maximal ground
displacement (nm)
Code Place
HRKB HERKENBOSCH 74 00:45:00.03 - -
TERZ TERZIET 76 00:45:00.03 00:45:10.24 -
HGN HEIMANSGROEVE 77 00:45:00.17 00:45:09.77 -

Macroseismic

Data
Total number of responses 1
Intensity III 1

Attention! The intensities derived from the macroseismic enquiry are raw unverified data.

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