Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes near Kokopo, PNG – EMSC

(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck 199 km east-southeast of Kokopo in Papua New Guinea early on Friday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.

The quake was at a depth of 13 km, EMSC said.

(Reporting by Jahnavi Nidumolu in Bengaluru; Editing by Hugh Lawson)