OTTIGNIES-LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE (BE) - 2008-10-30 19:12:29 - Magnitude 1.5
Last update : 2016-11-24 11:44:45 Belgian time

Main parameters

Date and time 2008-10-30 19:12:29 UTC
2008-10-30 20:12:29 Belgian time
Type Earthquake
Magnitude ML 1.5
Maximal intensity III
Region OTTIGNIES-LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE (BE)
Epicentral coordinates 50.628° N, 4.570° E Uncertainty ± 0.9 km
Depth of hypocenter 5.5 ± 1.1 km

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)

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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
OT1 OT1-MELLERY 3 19:12:30.26 19:12:30.99 -
OTT OTTIGNIES 4 19:12:30.36 19:12:31.11 525
OT4 OT4-LIMAL 7 19:12:30.89 19:12:31.96 -
OT5 OT5-GENAPPE 9 19:12:30.93 19:12:32.13 -
OT3 OT3-DION-LE-MONT 9 19:12:31.06 19:12:32.23 -
OT2 OT2-RIXENSART 9 19:12:31.13 19:12:32.37 -
GRZ GRAND LEEZ 15 19:12:31.73 19:12:33.36 -
UCCB UCCLE 24 19:12:32.51 19:12:34.82 195
RQR RONQUIÈRES 25 19:12:33.27 - -
SNF SENEFFE 24 19:12:33.45 19:12:34.82 195
SKQ STEENKERQUE 35 19:12:34.75 19:12:39.28 19.2
GES GESVES 46 19:12:37.69 19:12:42.17 3.2
LES LESSINES 52 19:12:37.97 19:12:44.73 -
BOU BOUGNIES 52 19:12:38.22 - -
CLA CLAVIER 57 19:12:38.94 19:12:45.77 7.4
DOU DOURBES 59 19:12:39.69 19:12:46.85 4.9
RCH ROCHEFORT 70 19:12:41.45 19:12:49.45 -
EBN EBEN-EMAEL 80 19:12:42.71 19:12:52.74 -
MEMS MEMBACH 102 19:12:46.38 - -
ROB ROBERTVILLE 111 19:12:48.32 19:13:00.87 -
KLB KALBORN 124 19:12:50.46 19:13:03.92 1.7
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
DRE DREILÄGERBACH 117 19:12:49.29 - -
KLL KALLTALSPERRE 123 19:12:50.09 - -
STB STEINBACHTALSPERRE 160 19:12:55.12 19:13:13.85 -

Macroseismic

Data
Total number of responses 147
Intensity I 35
Intensity II 61
Intensity III 47
Intensity IV 4

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

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