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USGS us1000ggt5
24 Aug 2018, 17:29
91 km NNE of Lae, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.4 mww earthquake at 82.5 km depth.
Published location
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-5.915700, 147.181800
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Event ID
us1000ggt5
Coordinates
-5.9157, 147.1818
Network
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Significance
451