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USGS us10007n1k
27 Dec 2016, 15:25
50 km N of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.
Published location
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-3.747800, 152.094800
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Event ID
us10007n1k
Coordinates
-3.7478, 152.0948
Network
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Significance
400