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USGS us20004uva
26 Jan 2016, 22:06
143 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 27.4 km depth.
Published location
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-5.228500, 153.215400
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Event ID
us20004uva
Coordinates
-5.2285, 153.2154
Network
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Significance
385