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USGS us20004y63
5 Feb 2016, 17:48
149 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 95.8 km depth.
Published location
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-4.434200, 153.616900
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Event ID
us20004y63
Coordinates
-4.4342, 153.6169
Network
us
Significance
400