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USGS us20005hbk
12 Apr 2016, 06:41
79 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 64.7 km depth.
Published location
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-4.552600, 152.957800
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Event ID
us20005hbk
Coordinates
-4.5526, 152.9578
Network
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Significance
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