Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Eastern Papua New Guinea -EMSC

(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck Papua New Guinea region on Friday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC)said.

The quake was at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.21 miles), EMSC said.

(Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese)