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USGS us10007wbk
30 Jan 2017, 23:35
31 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
A magnitude 5.9 mww earthquake at 79 km depth.
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-14.773500, 167.157700
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Event ID
us10007wbk
Coordinates
-14.7735, 167.1577
Network
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Significance
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