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USGS us70005hw4
18 Sept 2019, 17:10
55 km NNW of Alotau, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.
Published location
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-9.888000, 150.189600
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Event ID
us70005hw4
Coordinates
-9.888, 150.1896
Network
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Significance
400