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USGS us10005g2d
9 May 2016, 16:19
Banda Sea
A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 140.8 km depth.
Published location
Where is Banda Sea?
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-6.672400, 129.633300
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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10005g2d
Coordinates
-6.6724, 129.6333
Network
us
Significance
385