Earthquakes in Belgium

OTTIGNIES-COURT-SAINT-ETIENNE (BE) - 2008-09-27 16:41:32 - Magnitude 1.6
Last update : 2016-11-24 11:27:17 Belgian time

Main parameters

Date and time 2008-09-27 16:41:32 UTC
2008-09-27 18:41:32 Belgian time
Type Earthquake
Magnitude ML 1.6
Maximal intensity III
Region OTTIGNIES-COURT-SAINT-ETIENNE (BE)
Epicentral coordinates 50.642° N, 4.560° E Uncertainty ± 0.7 km
Depth of hypocenter 7.3 ± 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 5 16:41:33.82 16:41:34.57 -
OTT OTTIGNIES 2 16:41:33.85 16:41:34.59 38.2
OT4 OT4-LIMAL 6 16:41:34.35 16:41:35.40 -
OT5 OT5-GENAPPE 9 16:41:34.41 16:41:35.67 -
OT3 OT3-DION-LE-MONT 8 16:41:34.55 16:41:35.73 -
OT2 OT2-RIXENSART 7 16:41:34.57 16:41:35.82 -
GRZ GRAND LEEZ 16 16:41:35.30 16:41:36.95 -
UCCB UCCLE 22 16:41:35.99 16:41:38.51 222.5
RQR RONQUIÈRES 24 16:41:36.73 16:41:39.17 -
SNF SENEFFE 25 16:41:36.93 16:41:39.82 39.7
SKQ STEENKERQUE 34 16:41:38.19 16:41:42.82 23.1
MRD MAREDSOUS 40 16:41:39.68 - -
GES GESVES 47 16:41:40.68 16:41:46.07 13.9
LES LESSINES 51 16:41:41.20 16:41:47.61 -
CLA CLAVIER 58 16:41:42.55 16:41:49.36 -
DOU DOURBES 61 16:41:43.24 16:41:50.36 -
RCH ROCHEFORT 72 16:41:45.02 16:41:53.14 -

Macroseismic

Data
Total number of responses 107
Intensity I 36
Intensity II 38
Intensity III 27
Intensity IV 5
Intensity VI 1

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

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