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USGS us200081yy
17 Dec 2016, 17:16
176 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 21.3 km depth.
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-6.089100, 153.903500
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Event ID
us200081yy
Coordinates
-6.0891, 153.9035
Network
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Significance
400