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USGS us10006qfe
17 Sept 2016, 15:34
55 km N of Jayapura, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.
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-2.042700, 140.625200
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Event ID
us10006qfe
Coordinates
-2.0427, 140.6252
Network
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Significance
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