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USGS us10001td7
2 Apr 2015, 21:51
30 km NNW of Lae, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.4 mb earthquake at 37.2 km depth.
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-6.460700, 146.920300
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Event ID
us10001td7
Coordinates
-6.4607, 146.9203
Network
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Significance
451