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USGS us10003pem
17 Oct 2015, 22:02
63 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu
A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 43.4 km depth.
Published location
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-20.114500, 169.226400
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Event ID
us10003pem
Coordinates
-20.1145, 169.2264
Network
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Significance
432