(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck the Vanuatu Islands on Wednesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), the GFZ said.
(Reporting by Kanjyik Ghosh; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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