According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor occurred at 11.56 a.m. (local time), at a latitude of 31.4 degrees north and a longitude of 130.6 degrees east, reports Xinhua news agency.
The quake occurred at a depth of 10 km, the agency said.
The JMA has not issued a tsunami alert as a result of the quake and no abnormalities was observed at the Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima, its operator said.
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