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USGS us2000dasx
2 Mar 2018, 03:01
52 km WSW of Tari, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.3 mww earthquake at 7 km depth.
Published location
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-6.027800, 142.507100
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Event ID
us2000dasx
Coordinates
-6.0278, 142.5071
Network
us
Significance
432