An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 on Thursday struck off east coast of Japan's Chiba Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

The temblor occurred at around 7:14 am local time, with its epicenter at a latitude of 35.1 degrees north and a longitude of 140.6 degrees east, and at a depth of 60 km.

The quake logged 3 in some parts of Chiba Prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.

So far no tsunami warning has been issued.