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USGS us600056r6
18 Aug 2019, 19:00
167 km NNE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
A magnitude 5.9 mww earthquake at 17.9 km depth.
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16.626000, 146.315600
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Event ID
us600056r6
Coordinates
16.626, 146.3156
Network
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Significance
537