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USGS us10001ml5
15 Mar 2015, 21:29
34 km WSW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 75.3 km depth.
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-15.182500, 166.782000
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Event ID
us10001ml5
Coordinates
-15.1825, 166.782
Network
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Significance
416