Vanuatu 6.3 earthquake strikes, USGS says

A shallow magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Vanuatu on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said.

The USGS said the epicentre was about 110 kilometres east of Luganville, Vanuatu's second-largest city. It assessed the risk of landslides and the number of people exposed as low.

Earthquakes are common in Vanuatu, a low-lying Pacific archipelago on the tectonic Ring of Fire.