SPRIMONT - 1988-12-27 11:53:12 - Magnitude 3.5
Last update : 2010-06-07 16:58:21 Belgian time

Main parameters

Date and time 1988-12-27 11:53:12 UTC
1988-12-27 12:53:12 Belgian time
Type Earthquake
Magnitude ML 3.5
Maximal intensity IV
Region SPRIMONT
Epicentral coordinates 50.537° N, 5.690° E Uncertainty ± 2.4 km
Depth of hypocenter 17.1 ± 2.5 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
STI SART TILMAN 10 11:53:16.49 11:53:19.00 -
MEU MEUVILLE 17 11:53:17.00 11:53:19.87 -
MEMS MEMBACH 24 11:53:18.07 11:53:21.69 -
EBN EBEN-EMAEL 29 11:53:18.90 - -
ROB ROBERTVILLE 31 11:53:19.05 11:53:23.08 -
WIB WIBRIN 42 11:53:20.42 11:53:25.26 -
DOU DOURBES 92 11:53:27.80 - -
AUL AULNE 98 11:53:28.88 11:53:39.93 -
SNF SENEFFE 100 11:53:28.88 - -
UCCS UCCLE 98 11:53:29.23 - -
WLF WALFERDANGE 103 11:53:30.00 - -
BOU BOUGNIES 125 11:53:33.10 - -
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 46 11:53:21.16 11:53:27.02 -
BNS BENSBERG 115 11:53:31.62 11:53:45.80 -
KOE KÖPPEL 145 11:53:35.45 11:53:51.90 -
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
ENN EPEN (INTL) 30 11:53:19.20 11:53:21.40 -
VKB VALKENBURG 37 11:53:20.00 - -
WTS WINTERSWIJK 180 11:53:43.40 - -

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