Earthquakes in Belgium

COURT-SAINT-ETIENNE (BE) - 2009-03-26 19:42:55 - Magnitude 2.3
Last update : 2016-11-24 10:12:30 Belgian time

Main parameters

Date and time 2009-03-26 19:42:55 UTC
2009-03-26 20:42:55 Belgian time
Type Earthquake
Magnitude ML 2.3
Maximal intensity III
Region COURT-SAINT-ETIENNE (BE)
Epicentral coordinates 50.632° N, 4.571° E Uncertainty ± 0.5 km
Depth of hypocenter 6.7 ± 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
OT1 OT1-MELLERY 4 19:42:56.52 19:42:57.24 -
OTT OTTIGNIES 3 19:42:56.62 19:42:57.46 2120
OT5 OT5-GENAPPE 9 19:42:57.19 19:42:58.45 -
OT3 OT3-DION-LE-MONT 9 19:42:57.24 19:42:58.51 -
OT2 OT2-RIXENSART 9 19:42:57.34 19:42:58.58 -
RQR RONQUIÈRES 25 19:42:59.41 - -
UCCB UCCLE 24 19:42:59.61 19:43:02.22 1580
SKQ STEENKERQUE 35 19:43:00.91 19:43:05.70 135
GES GESVES 46 19:43:03.18 19:43:08.91 133
BOU BOUGNIES 52 19:43:04.25 - -
CLA CLAVIER 57 19:43:04.99 19:43:11.68 95
DOU DOURBES 60 19:43:05.75 19:43:12.91 20
STI SART TILMAN 70 19:43:07.02 - -
LCH LA CHARTREUSE 73 19:43:07.29 - -
MOLA MOL 74 19:43:08.39 - -
EBN EBEN-EMAEL 80 19:43:08.41 19:43:18.90 59.5
MEMS MEMBACH 102 19:43:12.23 19:43:25.43 20
ROB ROBERTVILLE 111 19:43:13.91 19:43:27.13 13
ZEV ZEVEKOTE 130 19:43:17.27 - -

Macroseismic

Data
Total number of responses 878
Intensity I 82
Intensity II 171
Intensity III 388
Intensity IV 212
Intensity V 22
Intensity VI 3

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

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