This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.5 MLv
Local datetime 2008/08/08 19:52
Universal datetime 2008/08/08 17:52
Latitude 50.49 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 4.63 ° ± 7 km
Depth 5 km (operator assigned) ± 0.0 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Brussels  44 1.019022e+06
Charleroi  15 200132
Liège  69 182597
Namur  17 106284
Mons  49 91277
Maubeuge  53 29944
Hautmont  57 14574
Fourmies  67 11727
Jeumont  43 10159
Aulnoye-Aymeries  65 8811
Feignies  56 6881
Givet  41 6749
Louvroil  55 6481
Revin  62 6239
Ferrière-la-Grande  53 5301

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.9
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 7
Number of phases used 8

Webservices

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QuakeML GeoJSON Text

Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
RD GIVF Pg 17:52:13.80 0.3 162 0.41 Manual
RD GIVF Sg 17:52:20.90 1.54 162 0.41 Manual
RD BAIF Pg 17:52:14.90 -0.4 212 0.51 Manual
RD BAIF Sg 17:52:23.10 0.62 212 0.51 Manual
RD MEZF Pg 17:52:43.40 -0.06 172 2.01 Manual
RD MEZF Sg 17:53:10.50 -0.82 172 2.01 Manual
RD SFTF Pg 17:52:48.60 -0.37 173 2.3 Manual
RD SFTF Sg 17:53:20.29 -0.6 173 2.3 Manual