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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

August 2006
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 0 14 51 1007 47 1119
Tohoku 0 1 6 34 1520 24 1585
Kanto 0 0 5 17 1423 22 1467
Chubu 0 0 0 17 1519 5 1541
Kinki 0 1 0 10 1233 21 1265
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 5 643 3 651
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 2 7 62 1927 97 2095
Near Japan * 1 7 27 78 180 9 302
Total 1 11 59 274 9452 228 10025

*; 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: 94
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)