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USGS us20002pln
13 Jun 2015, 08:08
44 km NE of Wewak, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.4 mwb earthquake at 8 km depth.
Published location
Where is 44 km NE of Wewak, Papua New Guinea?
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-3.232500, 143.885900
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Event ID
us20002pln
Coordinates
-3.2325, 143.8859
Network
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Significance
449