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USGS us20004y6q
5 Feb 2016, 20:11
98 km NNE of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 4.5 km depth.
Published location
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-5.279100, 141.585500
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Event ID
us20004y6q
Coordinates
-5.2791, 141.5855
Network
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Significance
400