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USGS us20005yxt
29 May 2016, 00:54
16 km SSW of Lakhdaria, Algeria
A magnitude 5.4 mww earthquake at 11.4 km depth.
Published location
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36.431300, 3.516600
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Event ID
us20005yxt
Coordinates
36.4313, 3.5166
Network
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Significance
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