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USGS us10002w12
29 Jul 2015, 18:56
51 km ESE of Lata, Solomon Islands
A magnitude 5.4 mb earthquake at 142.5 km depth.
Published location
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-10.880600, 166.238600
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Event ID
us10002w12
Coordinates
-10.8806, 166.2386
Network
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Significance
449