Nearly 250,000 people have been told to leave their homes amid fears of further quakes in Japan, an aid agency says.

Six people are killed and dozens injured when a strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake strikes northeast India, sending panicked residents fleeing into the streets even hundreds of kilometres away in Bangladesh.

Eleven people died and eight others are missing after an earthquake near Malaysia's highest peak, a minister for tourism says.

Earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 5.6 shakes Tokyo and surrounding areas, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency says.