Beijing, May 9 -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted Vanuatu Islands at 0308 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 15.14 degrees south latitude and 168.05 degrees east longitude.

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