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USGS usb000k7zm
7 Oct 2013, 16:17
138 km ENE of Samarai, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 34.6 km depth.
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-10.168700, 151.848100
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Event ID
usb000k7zm
Coordinates
-10.1687, 151.8481
Network
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Significance
400