Earthquakes in Belgium

SIMMERATH (DE) - 2023-04-20 21:20:34 - Magnitude 1.5
Last update : 2023-05-09 09:16:04 Belgian time

Main parameters

Date and time 2023-04-20 21:20:34 UTC
2023-04-20 23:20:34 Belgian time
Type Earthquake
Magnitude ML 1.5
Region SIMMERATH (DE)
Epicentral coordinates 50.637° N, 6.320° E Uncertainty ± 0.7 km
Depth of hypocenter 4.0 ± 0.7 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
MEMH MEMBACH 22 21:20:38.58 21:20:41.77 46.1
MEMS MEMBACH 22 21:20:38.58 21:20:41.72 -
MEMA MEMBACH 22 21:20:38.69 - -
MRG MONT RIGI 22 21:20:38.82 21:20:41.67 31.7
HOU HOUVEGNEZ 39 21:20:41.53 21:20:46.04 17.7
THEA THEUX 41 21:20:41.78 - -
EBN EBEN-EMAEL 49 21:20:43.12 21:20:48.67 11.8
LCH LA CHARTREUSE 51 21:20:43.41 21:20:48.44 -
KLB KALBORN 62 21:20:45.30 21:20:52.39 6.5
OPTB OPITTER 71 21:20:47.16 21:20:55.74 -
CLA CLAVIER 76 21:20:47.66 21:20:56.75 -
VIA VIANDEN 79 21:20:48.23 - -
GES GESVES 92 21:20:50.45 21:21:01.99 -
RCH ROCHEFORT 94 21:20:50.96 21:21:01.94 -
MOLT MOL 108 21:20:52.82 - -
MRD MAREDSOUS 116 21:20:54.62 21:21:08.19 -
TGA TANGISSART 127 21:20:56.35 21:21:11.59 24.2
DOU DOURBES 137 21:20:58.02 21:21:13.98 -
SNF SENEFFE 145 21:20:58.98 21:21:14.57 -
SKQ STEENKERQUE 158 21:21:00.77 21:21:19.97 -
LES LESSINES 175 21:21:03.24 - -
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
KLL KALLTALSPERRE 1 21:20:35.35 21:20:36.00 -
DRE DREILÄGERBACH 7 21:20:36.05 21:20:37.15 -
BA02 STOLBERG (ACCELEROMETER) 17 21:20:37.49 21:20:39.80 -
BA14 WOLLERSHEIM 18 21:20:37.53 - -
BA11 DÜREN 19 21:20:37.70 - -
BA30 DÜRWISS 23 21:20:38.63 - -
JUE JÜLICH 31 21:20:40.06 21:20:44.60 -
BGG BURG ELTZ 87 - 21:20:59.92 -
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
HGN HEIMANSGROEVE 31 21:20:39.82 21:20:43.85 -
TERZ TERZIET 32 21:20:40.23 21:20:44.32 -
VKB VALKENBURG 46 21:20:42.46 21:20:48.20 -

Macroseismic

Data
Total number of responses 3
Intensity I 1
Intensity II 1
Intensity IV 1

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

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