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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

December 2009
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 2 6 39 1338 67 1452
Tohoku 0 0 11 33 1849 46 1939
Kanto 0 3 8 62 6191 168 6432
Chubu 0 0 1 24 1258 12 1295
Kinki 0 0 0 8 1154 15 1177
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 4 482 7 494
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 0 16 76 2117 108 2317
Near Japan * 2 1 30 93 96 20 242
Total 2 6 73 339 14485 443 15348

*; 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: 381
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)