Reported quake or seismic-like event: 0.4 km west of Soignies, Hainaut Province, Wallonia, Belgium, Tuesday, Sep 13, 2022 at 2:02 pm (GMT +2) -

13 Sep 12:15 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 13 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Sep 13, 2022 12:02:42 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Tuesday, Sep 13, 2022 at 2:02 pm (GMT +2)
Status	uncertain, preliminary
Magnitude	unknown (3?)
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	50.57869°N / 4.06623°E (Hainaut Province, Wallonia, Belgium)
Antipode	50.579°S / 175.934°W
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	2 reports
Primary data source	VolcanoDiscovery (User-reported shaking)
Nearest volcano	Laacher See (228 km / 142 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	0 km (0 mi) W of Soignies (pop: 24,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 7 km (4 mi) WSW of Braine-le-Comte (pop: 20,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 13 km (8 mi) NW of La Louvière (pop: 76,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 16 km (10 mi) NNE of Bergen (Wallonie) (pop: 91,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 24 km (15 mi) WSW of Braine-l'Alleud (pop: 37,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 33 km (20 mi) NW of Charleroi (pop: 200,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 36 km (22 mi) SSW of Bruxelles (Région de Bruxelles) (pop: 1,019,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 58 km (36 mi) WNW of Namur (Wallonie) (pop: 106,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Broken Clouds 21.2°C (70 F), humidity: 76%, wind: 4 m/s (7 kts) from ENE
Estimated seismic energy released	2 x 10⁹ joules (554 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.477 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Seismic station: Echery - Sainte Marie aux Mines, France (ECH/G network) | Distance from quake: 345 km / 214 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Echery - Sainte Marie aux Mines, France: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.5-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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Soignies (0 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / single vertical bump : Nous somme à deux dans ma chambre un a senti comme si on était assis sur un ballon pour le sport en rebondissant un peu de haut en bas

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