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USGS us1000bj4z
29 Nov 2017, 23:53
Banda Sea
A magnitude 5.5 mww earthquake at 157 km depth.
Published location
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-6.736200, 129.781600
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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000bj4z
Coordinates
-6.7362, 129.7816
Network
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Significance
467