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USGS us20008t9d
20 Mar 2017, 06:33
24 km NNW of Wabag, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 90.5 km depth.
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-5.291600, 143.615700
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Event ID
us20008t9d
Coordinates
-5.2916, 143.6157
Network
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Significance
432