Earthquakes in Belgium

GENK (BE) - 2019-12-05 00:07:22 - Magnitude 1.6
Last update : 2019-12-09 09:47:32 Belgian time

Main parameters

Date and time 2019-12-05 00:07:22 UTC
2019-12-05 01:07:22 Belgian time
Type Earthquake
Magnitude ML 1.6
Region GENK (BE)
Epicentral coordinates 50.987° N, 5.539° E Uncertainty ± 0.6 km
Depth of hypocenter 6.1 ± 1.3 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
OPTB OPITTER 15 00:07:24.67 00:07:27.53 -
OPT OPITTER 15 00:07:24.85 00:07:27.60 -
EBN EBEN-EMAEL 23 00:07:26.15 00:07:29.27 96.3
LCH LA CHARTREUSE 39 00:07:28.91 00:07:33.84 54.6
MOLT MOL 40 00:07:29.43 00:07:34.24 24.8
DSLS DESSEL 43 00:07:29.70 00:07:34.88 -
STI SART TILMAN 45 00:07:30.04 - -
MEMS MEMBACH 53 00:07:31.14 - -
MEMH MEMBACH 53 00:07:31.31 00:07:38.03 9.8
MRG MONT RIGI 65 00:07:33.25 00:07:41.32 -
CLA CLAVIER 65 00:07:33.68 00:07:41.61 14.6
HOU HOUVEGNEZ 78 00:07:35.66 00:07:48.26 -
TGA TANGISSART 83 00:07:36.09 00:07:45.85 -
UCCB UCCLE 85 00:07:36.16 - -
MRD MAREDSOUS 94 00:07:38.09 00:07:49.91 10.2
RCH ROCHEFORT 95 00:07:38.86 00:07:49.85 12.6
RQR RONQUIÈRES 102 00:07:38.94 - -
KLB KALBORN 107 00:07:40.22 00:07:54.01 15.9
SKQ STEENKERQUE 109 00:07:40.36 00:07:53.79 14
BRQ BRACQUEGNIES 114 00:07:41.10 - -
LES LESSINES 123 00:07:42.79 00:07:56.12 -
DOU DOURBES 120 00:07:42.84 00:07:56.21 10.4
VIA VIANDEN 126 00:07:43.83 00:07:58.80 -
BOU BOUGNIES 131 00:07:44.67 - -
WLF WALFERDANGE 154 00:07:48.07 00:08:06.50 -
OSTB OOSTENDE 184 00:07:52.38 00:08:12.76 5.3
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 61 00:07:32.48 00:07:39.70 -
KLL KALLTALSPERRE 66 00:07:33.35 00:07:40.96 -
STB STEINBACHTALSPERRE 101 00:07:39.21 00:07:50.84 -
HIL HILLESHEIM 112 00:07:41.08 00:07:55.01 -
HOB HOHBUSCH 126 00:07:42.60 00:07:58.27 -
Measurements by the Dutch seismic network of KNMI (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute)
Station Epicentral
distance (km)		 P-Wave arrival (hh:mm:ss.ss) S-Wave arrival (hh:mm:ss.ss) Maximal ground
displacement (nm)
Code Place
VKB VALKENBURG 22 00:07:25.83 00:07:28.93 -
HGN HEIMANSGROEVE 37 00:07:28.43 00:07:33.10 -

Macroseismic

Data
Total number of responses 47
Intensity I 5
Intensity II 9
Intensity III 17
Intensity IV 13
Intensity V 2
Intensity VII 1

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

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