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USGS us20004usw
26 Jan 2016, 17:51
182 km W of Malango, Solomon Islands
A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 33.2 km depth.
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-9.379900, 158.085200
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Event ID
us20004usw
Coordinates
-9.3799, 158.0852
Network
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Significance
416