Earthquakes in Belgium

COURT-SAINT-ETIENNE (BE) - 2009-03-05 04:21:42 - Magnitude 1.7
Last update : 2016-11-24 10:09:09 Belgian time

Main parameters

Date and time 2009-03-05 04:21:42 UTC
2009-03-05 05:21:42 Belgian time
Type Earthquake
Magnitude ML 1.7
Maximal intensity III
Region COURT-SAINT-ETIENNE (BE)
Epicentral coordinates 50.635° N, 4.574° E Uncertainty ± 0.7 km
Depth of hypocenter 5.9 ± 0.9 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 04:21:43.45 04:21:44.18 -
OTT OTTIGNIES 3 04:21:43.49 04:21:44.30 337
OT5 OT5-GENAPPE 9 04:21:44.05 04:21:45.28 -
OT3 OT3-DION-LE-MONT 8 04:21:44.15 04:21:45.29 -
OT2 OT2-RIXENSART 8 04:21:44.19 04:21:45.48 -
GRZ GRAND LEEZ 15 04:21:44.83 04:21:46.50 -
RQR RONQUIÈRES 25 04:21:46.29 - -
UCCS UCCLE 24 04:21:46.42 04:21:49.04 -
UCCB UCCLE 24 04:21:46.43 04:21:49.10 302
SNF SENEFFE 25 04:21:46.50 04:21:49.25 -
SKQ STEENKERQUE 35 04:21:47.73 04:21:52.44 27.2
LCH LA CHARTREUSE 72 04:21:49.13 - -
MRD MAREDSOUS 39 04:21:49.15 - -
GES GESVES 46 04:21:50.09 04:21:56.03 24.4
LES LESSINES 52 04:21:50.62 - -
BOU BOUGNIES 52 04:21:51.69 04:21:57.91 25.6
CLA CLAVIER 57 04:21:52.02 04:21:58.63 -
DOU DOURBES 60 04:21:52.71 04:21:59.83 -
RCH ROCHEFORT 71 04:21:54.40 - -
MOLT MOL 74 04:21:55.29 - -
EBN EBEN-EMAEL 80 04:21:55.68 - -
MEMS MEMBACH 101 04:21:59.19 - -
KLB KALBORN 124 04:22:03.42 04:22:21.57 3.4
VIA VIANDEN 140 04:22:06.13 04:22:21.50 -
WLF WALFERDANGE 156 04:22:08.70 04:22:25.70 6.4

Macroseismic

Data
Total number of responses 277
Intensity I 43
Intensity II 131
Intensity III 91
Intensity IV 11
Intensity V 1

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

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