The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the quake struck off the Kurile Islands at 12:05 a.m. local time on Friday (1405 GMT Thursday) at a depth of 53 kilometers (33 miles), AFP reported.
The temblor was the second to hit the Kuril Islands this year. A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit the islands on January 1.
The arc formed by the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kurile Islands between Russia and Japan is one of the most seismically active areas in the world.
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