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USGS us20006ff8
18 Jul 2016, 00:07
27 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 140.2 km depth.
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-14.873400, 167.265300
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Event ID
us20006ff8
Coordinates
-14.8734, 167.2653
Network
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Significance
400