(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck near Melbourne in Australia on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

       The quake was at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) and was near the southeast coast of Australia, GFZ added.

       (Reporting by Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)