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USGS us10007vra
27 Jan 2017, 16:29
29 km S of Ziway, Ethiopia
A magnitude 5.3 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.
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7.671000, 38.668200
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Event ID
us10007vra
Coordinates
7.671, 38.6682
Network
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Significance
435