Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes north coast of Papua New Guinea, GFZ says

(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck near the north coast of Papua New Guinea on Thursday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

The earthquake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said.

(Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)