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USGS us10003yjy
16 Nov 2015, 00:39
166 km SSW of George Town, Cayman Islands
A magnitude 5.8 mww earthquake at 6.7 km depth.
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17.839800, -81.821900
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Event ID
us10003yjy
Coordinates
17.8398, -81.8219
Network
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Significance
518