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USGS us20006hkb
25 Jul 2016, 20:38
133 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 6.4 mww earthquake at 14 km depth.
Published location
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-2.969000, 148.034500
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Event ID
us20006hkb
Coordinates
-2.969, 148.0345
Network
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Significance
630