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USGS us20002br8
5 May 2015, 09:16
131 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.8 mwc earthquake at 45.6 km depth.
Published location
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-5.528900, 152.235100
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Event ID
us20002br8
Coordinates
-5.5289, 152.2351
Network
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Significance
518