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USGS us10005bki
26 Apr 2016, 05:19
215 km NW of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.6 mww earthquake at 107 km depth.
Published location
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-4.510500, 140.192200
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Event ID
us10005bki
Coordinates
-4.5105, 140.1922
Network
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Significance
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