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USGS us20009yvq
21 Jul 2017, 09:59
97 km ESE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
A magnitude 5.5 mww earthquake at 6.3 km depth.
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-18.053700, 169.172600
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Event ID
us20009yvq
Coordinates
-18.0537, 169.1726
Network
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Significance
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