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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

2014
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 1 11 113 524 9044 292 9985
Tohoku 4 27 214 1457 23861 97 25660
Kanto 1 7 74 622 17265 77 18046
Chubu 1 1 12 211 18072 58 18355
Kinki 0 0 8 97 13538 287 13930
Chugoku, Shikoku 1 0 7 50 7506 122 7686
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 3 18 109 1026 35083 2390 38629
Near Japan * 4 54 356 1238 1258 145 3055
Total 15 118 893 5225 125627 3468 135346

*; 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: 2051
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)