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USGS us20002bpu
5 May 2015, 04:55
124 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.4 mb earthquake at 35 km depth.
Published location
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-5.473100, 152.249800
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Event ID
us20002bpu
Coordinates
-5.4731, 152.2498
Network
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Significance
449