The Japanese Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning, saying that there was "a marine threat" present and people should leave coastal areas.
The warning, which the Japanese broadcaster NHK said was for a wave one metre high, was for the Ariake Sea and Yatsushiro Seas.
The quake hit at 1.26am on Saturday, local time, barely 24 hours after a 6.2 quake hit the same area.
At least nine people have been killed and around 800 others were injured when the previous tremor hit about 9.26pm (local time) on Thursday.
Three of those who died lost their lives in Kumamoto.
The United States Geological Service (USGS) reported that two aftershocks of magnitude 5.8 and 5.7 struck just a few miles away from the latest quake less than half an hour later.
Before the latest quake there had been a series of aftershocks in the area.
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