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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

January 2004
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 3 24 77 1676 277 2057
Tohoku 0 1 10 47 1499 42 1599
Kanto 0 0 2 15 1078 6 1101
Chubu 0 0 3 16 1117 4 1140
Kinki 0 1 1 12 1285 51 1350
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 4 624 18 646
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 0 11 61 1920 217 2209
Near Japan * 0 8 29 63 36 29 165
Total 0 13 80 295 9235 644 10267

*; 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: 99
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)