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USGS us70005hvv
18 Sept 2019, 15:46
185 km E of Samarai, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.2 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.
Published location
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-10.555000, 152.355600
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Event ID
us70005hvv
Coordinates
-10.555, 152.3556
Network
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Significance
416