The 5.6-magnitude tremor was located as striking around 60 kilometres from Rimini, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, APA reports citing Euro news.
It was felt as far away as Rome and in the northern regions of Veneto, Friuli and Trentino.
"No injuries at the moment," a spokesman for Italy's Civil Protection told Reuters, as the agency tweeted that checks on the ground were continuing.
The quake's epicentre was at 35 kilometres offshore from Pesaro, a seaside city in the eastern Marche region, at a depth of 7 kilometres, the Italian Geophysics and Volcanology Institute (INGV) said.
As a precaution, schools in Pesaro and other nearby cities were closed, and rail traffic passing through Pesaro along the Adriatic coast was suspended.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's office said she was "in constant contact" with civil protection authorities and the head of the Marche region to follow developments.
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