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USGS us100030pg
10 Aug 2015, 05:12
186 km WNW of Malango, Solomon Islands
A magnitude 6.6 mww earthquake at 22 km depth.
Published location
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-9.343800, 158.052500
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Event ID
us100030pg
Coordinates
-9.3438, 158.0525
Network
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Significance
671