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USGS us10004a6n
29 Dec 2015, 01:51
80 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.8 mww earthquake at 30 km depth.
Published location
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-6.245200, 154.759500
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Event ID
us10004a6n
Coordinates
-6.2452, 154.7595
Network
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Significance
518