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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

January 2006
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 0 12 55 928 90 1085
Tohoku 0 1 4 56 1279 35 1375
Kanto 0 0 2 24 1449 17 1492
Chubu 0 0 2 12 988 5 1007
Kinki 0 0 0 13 1148 26 1187
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 4 576 12 592
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 0 11 59 2074 177 2321
Near Japan * 1 6 22 58 105 23 215
Total 1 7 53 281 8547 385 9274

*; 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: 86
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)