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USGS us10001mp3
16 Mar 2015, 03:00
20 km NW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.9 mww earthquake at 196 km depth.
Published location
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-4.073700, 152.028800
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Event ID
us10001mp3
Coordinates
-4.0737, 152.0288
Network
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Significance
536