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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

October 2001
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 2 19 44 750 115 930
Tohoku 0 1 7 41 1290 38 1377
Kanto 0 0 6 35 950 15 1006
Chubu 0 0 0 11 648 12 671
Kinki 0 0 1 5 2272 118 2396
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 7 1205 64 1277
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 1 7 67 1723 141 1939
Near Japan * 0 7 11 48 35 4 105
Total 0 11 52 258 8873 507 9701

*; 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: 97
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)