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ROB Earthquake Catalogue and Database

The earthquake catalogue and database of the Royal Observatory of Belgium contains source parameters of earthquakes that occurred in and around Belgium since 1350. Similar to most other seismic catalogues in the world, the ROB catalogue is heterogeneous, as it is based on the analysis of two different types of data:

- Historical data: concern the period from about 1350 to 1910, for which only local reports about damage and felt effects (i.e. intensity) of earthquakes are available (“macroseismic” observations);

- Instrumental data: concern the period from 1911 onward, the year continuous seismic recordings in Belgium started, up to the present day. For earthquakes during this period both intensity data (from macroseismic enquiries with the local authorities and, since 2000, on the internet) and seismic recordings are available.

The earthquake catalogue is a list of earthquakes with the following parameters: origin time (year, month, day, hour, minute, second), geographic coordinates of the hypocenter (latitude, longitude, focal depth), magnitude (local magnitude ML, surface-wave magnitude Ms and/or moment magnitude Mw), maximum observed intensity, and the name of the locality.

The ROB catalogue is considered to be complete:

- Since 1350 for earthquakes with Mw>=5.0;

- Since 1905 for earthquakes with Mw>=4.0 (seismic station in Uccle and neighboring countries);

- Since 1960 for earthquakes with Mw>=3.0 (4 stations in Belgium);

- Since 1985 for earthquakes with Mw>=2.0 (modern digital network consisting of 20+ stations).

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Date (Creation)
2016-10-29
Identifier
BE.KSB-ORB / 799f9119-77f1-4931-b4e0-4615839ee1c4
Status
Completed
Originator
  Royal Observatory of Belgium - ( )
Brussels , 1180 , Belgium
Maintenance and update frequency
Continual
Data.gov.be themes
  • Environment
Belgian Federal Thesaurus
  • Reporting INSPIRE
  • Gravimetry and seismography
Spatial scope
  • National
Theme
  • Earthquakes
  • Federal government
Place
  • Belgium
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Geology
  • Natural risk zones
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Copyright has to be respected. You can find detailed information here: http://seismologie.oma.be/en/legal-notices/data-policy
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
No limitations on public access
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
250000
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
gml32:beginPosition
1350-01-01
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gml32:beginPosition
1350-01-01
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:4326
Codespace
EPSG
Distribution format
  • GML ( 3.2.1 )

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Dataset
Dataset
ROB Earthquake Catalogue and Database

Domain consistency

Name of measure
INSPIRE Conformity

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
This metadata has been successfully validated using the INSPIRE validator at http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/validator2/
Pass
No
Statement
Earthquake catalogue established by the Royal Observatory of Belgium. This catalogue is continuously updated based on instrumental data and ongoing historical and geological researches.
File identifier
799f9119-77f1-4931-b4e0-4615839ee1c4 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-08-12T15:04:03
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  Royal Observatory of Belgium - ( )
Brussels , 1180 , Belgium
 
 

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Keywords

Earthquakes Federal government
Belgian Federal Thesaurus
Gravimetry and seismography Reporting INSPIRE
Data.gov.be themes
Environment
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Geology Natural risk zones
Spatial scope
National

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