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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

June 1999
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 1 12 53 596 39 701
Tohoku 0 0 3 36 841 20 900
Kanto 0 0 4 16 764 10 794
Chubu 0 0 0 17 612 14 643
Kinki 0 0 0 18 1115 15 1148
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 4 300 0 304
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 1 10 69 1302 51 1433
Near Japan * 0 2 25 48 38 3 116
Total 0 4 54 261 5568 152 6039

*; Sakhalin, Kurile Is., Korea, Ogasawara Is., Primorskii, Taiwan
Total number of earthquakes felt with a seismic intensity of 1 or greater on the JMA scale: 74
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)