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USGS us10001p1u
20 Mar 2015, 01:02
48 km ESE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 53.1 km depth.
Published location
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-6.334600, 149.969100
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Event ID
us10001p1u
Coordinates
-6.3346, 149.9691
Network
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Significance
385