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USGS us10006fhu
21 Aug 2016, 01:42
268 km NNW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.
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-3.600500, 131.418600
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Event ID
us10006fhu
Coordinates
-3.6005, 131.4186
Network
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Significance
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