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USGS us200082ew
18 Dec 2016, 19:57
92 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.4 mb earthquake at 32.9 km depth.
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-6.104800, 154.672400
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Event ID
us200082ew
Coordinates
-6.1048, 154.6724
Network
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Significance
449