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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

April 2004
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 2 24 76 2463 232 2797
Tohoku 0 0 8 42 1241 17 1308
Kanto 0 1 5 24 1654 31 1715
Chubu 0 0 0 12 940 3 955
Kinki 0 0 0 9 1201 36 1246
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 2 1 589 13 605
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 2 12 77 1954 126 2171
Near Japan * 0 3 23 59 85 16 186
Total 0 8 74 300 10127 474 10983

*; 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: 113
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)