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USGS us10008jh4
21 Apr 2017, 11:34
119 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 50.5 km depth.
Published location
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-4.673000, 153.295200
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Event ID
us10008jh4
Coordinates
-4.673, 153.2952
Network
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Significance
385