Earthquakes in Belgium

POLCH (DE) - 2012-05-22 00:08:47 - Magnitude 1.8
Last update : 2012-11-12 15:10:05 Belgian time

Main parameters

Date and time 2012-05-22 00:08:47 UTC
2012-05-22 02:08:47 Belgian time
Type Earthquake
Magnitude ML 1.8
Region POLCH (DE)
Epicentral coordinates 50.366° N, 7.377° E Uncertainty ± 1.3 km
Depth of hypocenter 11.2 ± 2.0 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
KLB KALBORN 95 00:09:03.30 00:09:14.08 19.8
VIA VIANDEN 97 00:09:03.53 00:09:16.01 -
MEMS MEMBACH 101 00:09:04.40 00:09:17.69 15.1
WLF WALFERDANGE 117 00:09:06.40 00:09:19.93 17.3
LCH LA CHARTREUSE 129 00:09:09.42 00:09:25.66 6.7
STI SART TILMAN 131 00:09:09.65 - -
CLA CLAVIER 147 00:09:11.99 00:09:28.15 14.4
RCH ROCHEFORT 155 00:09:12.64 00:09:30.98 10.6
MRD MAREDSOUS 186 00:09:17.58 00:09:38.35 7.7
DOU DOURBES 200 00:09:19.63 00:09:42.27 10.2
EBN EBEN-EMAEL 129 - 00:09:24.66 -
GES GESVES 163 - 00:09:33.53 -
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
BGG BURG ELTZ 18 00:08:51.63 00:08:54.30 -
KOE KÖPPEL 26 00:08:52.65 00:08:55.76 -
STB STEINBACHTALSPERRE 46 00:08:55.82 - -
HIL HILLESHEIM 50 00:08:56.45 00:09:02.74 -
BNS BENSBERG 68 00:08:59.37 - -
HOB HOHBUSCH 69 00:08:59.52 00:09:06.59 -
KLL KALLTALSPERRE 82 00:09:01.34 - -
DRE DREILÄGERBACH 87 00:09:02.54 - -
LAU LAUPENDAHL 114 00:09:06.62 - -
ROD DALHEIM RÖDGEN 121 00:09:08.39 - -

Macroseismic

Data
Total number of responses 7
Intensity I 1
Intensity II 3
Intensity III 3

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

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