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USGS us10007plb
4 Jan 2017, 03:10
203 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.
Published location
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-6.021800, 153.667500
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Event ID
us10007plb
Coordinates
-6.0218, 153.6675
Network
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Significance
400