Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 17 Dec 2016 10:51 UTC

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M 7.9 in Papua New Guinea on 17 Dec 2016 10:51 UTC

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M7.9 in Papua New Guinea, on 17 Dec 2016 10:51 UTC

Type	Delay	Mag	Depth (km)	Lat	Lon	MaxHeight (m)
realtime	9 m	7.5	10	-4.5	153.54	1.46
realtime	9 m	7.5	108	-4.67	153.42	0.17
realtime	10 m	7.4	122.1	-4.55	153.44	0.08
realtime	10 m	7.3	122.1	-4.55	153.44	0.06
realtime	12 m	8	73.4	-4.474	153.577	1.25
realtime	19 m	7.5	100	-4.52	153.45	0.19
realtime	24 m	8.1	100	-4.51	153.44	1.1
realtime	24 m	7.9	103.19	-4.5091	153.4495	0.78
realtime	1.7 h	7.9	83	-4.49	153.49	0.78

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