The impact of the earthquake activity in Western Europe from the historical and architectural heritage records - Intraplate Earthquakes - page 220

Table 8.1 Types of damage in the churches of central Belgium
related to the 23 February 1828 earthquake. The description of the
different types of damage is given in the text

Damage characteristics

CD1 CD2 CD3 CD4 CD5 CD6 CD7

Churches mentioned as damaged in historical sources
Autre-Eglise

××

× × × ×

Grand-Hallet

× ×

Marilles

Melin ×× ××

Perwez ×× ×× ×

Petit-Hallet ×× ××××

Racour × ×

Churches not mentioned in historical sources
Bonlez

×

Chaumont-Gistoux ×

Hakendover ××××

Hoksem ×

Hoegaarden ×

Incourt ×××× ×

Jauche × × ×

Laar ×

Landen ×

Lathuy × ×

Neerheylissem ×

Neerlanden ×× ×

Noduwez ×

Oorbeeck ××

Orp-le-Grand ×

×

Outgarden

×

Pietrain

Saint-Remy-Geest ×

Villers-le-peuplier ×× ×

Walsbets ××

Zetrud-Lumay ×

earthquake epicentral area and analyze whether they present fewer pathologies and repairs
than those in the area most affected by the seismic event. Second, we intend to use modelling
to compare the observations on these buildings with the stress pattern expected from an
earthquake with the same characteristics as the 1828 one.