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USGS us1000d19n
8 Mar 2018, 03:33
46 km S of Tari, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.
Published location
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-6.268400, 142.947400
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Event ID
us1000d19n
Coordinates
-6.2684, 142.9474
Network
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Significance
432