The tremor was felt with its epicentre at a latitude of 35.5 degrees north and a longitude of 141.2 degrees east, and at a depth of 30 km, the agency further added.
No injuries or damages have been reported yet.
The quake logged four in some parts of Chiba Prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.
The earthquake struck at 6.40 pm local time (5.10 pm IST) close to the Banggai Islands.
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