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LOYALTY ISLANDS REGION

98/01/04 06:11:58 UTC
Epicenter 22.30S 170.91E

Me   7.3                                                             
Broadband Source Parameters:
RADIATED ENERGY                                                      
Energy       1.8+0.4*10**15 Nm                                      
COMMENT: Complex earthquake observed on broadband         
displacement seismograms.  A small event is followed by two
larger ones about 12 and 22 seconds later.

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