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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

December 2005
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 1 16 42 905 125 1089
Tohoku 2 3 5 43 1162 53 1268
Kanto 0 0 6 21 1052 12 1091
Chubu 0 0 6 24 1004 10 1044
Kinki 0 1 3 11 1061 50 1126
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 5 476 12 493
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 1 3 21 111 1867 176 2179
Near Japan * 0 4 26 135 138 19 322
Total 3 12 83 392 7665 457 8612

*; 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.)