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USGS us200026n9
15 Apr 2015, 11:22
70 km NW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.4 mwb earthquake at 10 km depth.
Published location
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-3.794800, 151.671700
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Event ID
us200026n9
Coordinates
-3.7948, 151.6717
Network
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Significance
449