An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 on Monday struck off southeast coast of Japan's Chiba Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

The temblor occurred at 9:11 a.m. local time, with its epicenter at a latitude of 34.9 degrees north and a longitude of 140.0 degrees east, and at a depth of 60 km.

The quake logged 4 in some parts of Chiba Prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.

So far no tsunami warning has been issued.