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USGS usc000td5m
22 Dec 2014, 22:39
121 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 69.5 km depth.
Published location
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-7.356500, 155.832700
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Event ID
usc000td5m
Coordinates
-7.3565, 155.8327
Network
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Significance
400