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USGS us70005dfx
8 Sept 2019, 19:10
56 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.1 mww earthquake at 371.7 km depth.
Published location
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-6.537100, 155.023300
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Event ID
us70005dfx
Coordinates
-6.5371, 155.0233
Network
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Significance
400