SPA - 1996-07-23 22:30:21 - Magnitude 3.8
Last update : 2011-06-27 18:19:24 Belgian time

Main parameters

Date and time 1996-07-23 22:30:21 UTC
1996-07-24 00:30:21 Belgian time
Type Earthquake
Magnitude ML 3.8
Maximal intensity IV
Region SPA
Epicentral coordinates 50.477° N, 5.889° E Uncertainty ± 0.4 km
Depth of hypocenter 16.8 ± 0.5 km

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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
MEU MEUVILLE 12 22:30:25.31 22:30:27.57 -
ROB ROBERTVILLE 16 22:30:25.68 22:30:28.14 -
MEMS MEMBACH 17 22:30:25.74 22:30:28.56 -
STI SART TILMAN 26 22:30:27.09 22:30:30.33 -
LCH LA CHARTREUSE 27 22:30:27.37 22:30:30.62 -
EBN EBEN-EMAEL 39 22:30:28.93 22:30:33.74 -
WIB WIBRIN 37 22:30:29.14 22:30:33.48 -
CLA CLAVIER 42 22:30:29.44 22:30:34.60 -
HUM HUMAIN 55 22:30:31.30 22:30:37.71 -
VIA VIANDEN 64 22:30:33.21 22:30:40.46 -
WLF WALFERDANGE 92 22:30:37.79 22:30:47.97 -
DOU DOURBES 101 22:30:38.70 22:30:50.42 -
SNF SENEFFE 114 22:30:40.39 22:30:53.48 -
PLT LA PLATE TAILLE 111 22:30:40.45 22:30:53.48 -
UCCB UCCLE 114 22:30:40.75 - -
SKQ STEENKERQUE 129 22:30:42.66 22:30:58.33 -
BOU BOUGNIES 138 22:30:44.28 - -
LES LESSINES 147 22:30:44.88 22:31:02.89 -
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
BNS BENSBERG 106 22:30:39.30 22:30:51.60 -
BGG BURG ELTZ 107 22:30:39.70 22:30:51.90 -
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 32 22:30:27.97 22:30:32.22 -
ENN EPEN (INTL) 32 22:30:28.00 - -
VKB VALKENBURG 44 22:30:29.82 - -

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