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USGS us20008im7
9 Feb 2017, 02:21
36 km NNE of Jayapura, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 17.6 km depth.
Published location
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-2.252700, 140.893500
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Event ID
us20008im7
Coordinates
-2.2527, 140.8935
Network
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Significance
433