\begin{table}%t1 \caption{\label{table_midIR_fluxes}Summary of the mid-IR photometric measurements\tablefootmark{1} performed on the \textit{Spitzer IRAC}, \textit{IRS PUI} $16~\mu$m, and \textit{MIPS} $24$, and $70~\mu$m images (Fig.~\ref{Fig_NUV_16_24_70mic_contours}). } \small%\centering \par \begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline\noalign{\smallskip} Target region & $3.6~\mu$m & $4.5~\mu$m & $5.8~\mu$m & $8~\mu$m\tablefootmark{5} & $16~\mu$m\tablefootmark{6} & $24~\mu$m &$70~\mu$m \\ \hline\noalign{\smallskip} SQ~ridge\tablefootmark{2} & $ 23.7\pm0.9$ & $ 11.9\pm0.2$ & $ 7.3\pm0.2$ & $4.2\pm0.1$ & $1.25\pm 0.05$ & $2.25\pm0.12$ & $<$$6.43$ \\ SQ~ridge (partial)\tablefootmark{3} & $ 19.4\pm1.7$ & $9.9\pm1.8$ & $ 6.0\pm0.1$ &$ 3.35\pm0.11$ & $1.00\pm 0.06$ & $0.89\pm0.15$ & $<$$5.04$ \\ $17''$ beam\tablefootmark{4} &$ 17.6\pm0.9$ & $9.15\pm0.12$ & $ 5.29\pm 0.15$ & $3.07\pm0.11$ & $0.88\pm0.03$ & $0.79\pm0.15$ & $<$$3.91$ \\ \hline \end{tabular} \tablefoot{The background-subtracted surface brightnesses are indicated for three different apertures. The last row ($17''$ circular aperture ) shows the values we adopt throughout this paper, and in particular for the SED presented in Fig.~\ref{Fig_SED_Galactic_SQshock}.\\ \tablefoottext{1}{Fluxes are in units of $\times 10^{-8}$~W~m$^{-2}$~sr$^{-1}$.}\\ \tablefoottext{2}{Mid-IR signal integrated over the shock structure, defined by the 4$\sigma$ S(3) H$_2$~rotational line contours (black line in Fig.~\ref{Fig_NUV_16_24_70mic_contours}). We exclude the SQ-A star-forming region.}\\ \tablefoottext{3}{Mid-IR signal integrated over the S(3) H$_2$~rotational line contours by excluding overlaps with the ($\mathcal{F}_{24~\mu\rm m} > 0.25$~MJy~sr$^{-1}$) $24~\mu$m magenta contours (see Fig.~\ref{Fig_NUV_16_24_70mic_contours}). This allows us to partially remove the contribution from star-forming regions to the dust emission.}\\ \tablefoottext{4}{Mid-IR signal integrated over the 17$''$ beam in the center of the SQ~shock structure (yellow circle in Fig.~\ref{Fig_NUV_16_24_70mic_contours}). }\\ \tablefoottext{5}{The contribution of the $8~\mu$m S(4) H$_2$~line emission to the $8~\mu$m in-band flux is subtracted.}\\ \tablefoottext{6}{The contribution of the $17~\mu$m S(1) H$_2$~line emission to the $16~\mu$m in-band flux is subtracted.}} \end{table}