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USGS usb000s226
12 Aug 2014, 02:28
115 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 398.8 km depth.
Published location
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-3.675400, 151.267900
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Event ID
usb000s226
Coordinates
-3.6754, 151.2679
Network
us
Significance
400