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John Farritor of Vista fought at Iwo Jima, Bougainville and the Chosin Reservoir, among other major battles

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Wed, 17 Mar 2021, 04:39 04:39 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR 4.5 quake 16 Mar 11:19 pm (GMT -5) A very shallow magnitude 4.5 earthquake was reported late at night near Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA. According to the United States Geological Survey, the quake hit on Tuesday 16 March 2021 at 11:19 pm local time at a very shallow depth of 4.5 miles. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine t...

X 17 Mar 01:08 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 11 minutes. 17 Mar 05:48: Magnitude recalculated from 5.1 to 5.2. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 89.0 to 65.0 km (from 55 to 40 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 9.9 km (6.2 mi) towards SSW. Update Wed, 17 Mar 2021, 01:12 Significant earthquake of magnitude 5.1 just reported 77 km west of Arawa, Papua New Guinea 5.1 quake 17 Mar 11:57 am (GMT +11) A magnitude 5.1 earthquake near Arawa, North Solomons, Papua New Guinea, was reported only 15 minutes ago by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), considered one of the key internatio...