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

The GFZ said that the earthquake was at a depth of 10 km.

Image of a seismograph during an earthquake. (Image for representation)

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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.