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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

February 2007
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 1 1 10 56 677 76 821
Tohoku 0 0 3 23 966 31 1023
Kanto 0 0 2 13 1060 16 1091
Chubu 0 0 0 14 1108 8 1130
Kinki 0 0 1 8 1059 30 1098
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 5 495 10 510
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 1 8 58 1415 96 1578
Near Japan * 0 8 36 70 54 12 180
Total 1 10 60 247 6834 279 7431

*; 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.)