M 6.9 – 78km WNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
- Time: 2016-10-17 06:14:58 (UTC); Location: 6.053°S 148.862°E; Depth: 35.0 km
M 6.4 – 135km NE of Dartang, China
- Time: 2016-10-17 07:14:50 (UTC); Location: 32.910°N 94.872°E; Depth: 32.1 km
Chinese and Russian naval vessels participate in the Joint Sea-2014 naval drill outside Shanghai on the East China Sea, May 24, 2014. REUTERS/China Daily
In this June 15, 2016 photo, rescuers carry a woman on a stretcher through a flooded area in Jiujiang in southern China’s Jiangxi province. (Chinatopix via AP)
File photo of a Chinese J-11 fighter jet seen flying near a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon about 215 km (135 miles) east of China’s Hainan Island in this U.S. Department of Defense handout photo taken August 19, 2014. Reuters/U.S. Navy/Handout
Riot police react as they charge protesters supporting illegal hawkers at Hong Kong’s Mongkok shopping district, China early February 9, 2016. Reuters/Liau Chung-ren
Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses members of the Arab League in Cairo, Egypt, on January 21, 2016. (AFP/STR)
FILE – In this Oct. 1, 2015 file photo, family members of sailors wave as the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan arrives at a U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan south of Tokyo. The U.S. Pacific Fleet is smaller than it was in the 1990s, helping fuel a debate about whether the U.S. has enough ships to meet challenges posed by fast-growing and increasingly assertive Chinese naval forces. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
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