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USGS us10008we5
30 May 2017, 11:24
197 km N of Sola, Vanuatu
A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 257.4 km depth.
Published location
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-12.120900, 167.232600
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Event ID
us10008we5
Coordinates
-12.1209, 167.2326
Network
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Significance
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