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USGS us1000enxj
12 Jun 2018, 07:20
8 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.3 mww earthquake at 113.1 km depth.
Published location
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-5.575600, 150.207600
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Event ID
us1000enxj
Coordinates
-5.5756, 150.2076
Network
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Significance
433