(Reuters) -An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
The quake hit at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), according to GFZ.
The U.S Tsunami Warning System issued no tsunami warning after the earthquake.
(Reporting by Angela Christy in Bengaluru; Editing by Hugh Lawson, Aidan Lewis)
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