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USGS us2000iuei
17 Dec 2018, 11:14
76 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.3 mww earthquake at 59.2 km depth.
Published location
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-5.027800, 152.341300
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Event ID
us2000iuei
Coordinates
-5.0278, 152.3413
Network
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Significance
432