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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

December 2017
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 1 13 45 606 23 688
Tohoku 0 1 15 72 3634 416 4138
Kanto 0 0 4 24 3820 85 3933
Chubu 0 1 2 19 2020 20 2062
Kinki 0 0 0 8 1416 8 1432
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 4 1034 8 1046
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 1 15 95 4608 106 4825
Near Japan * 1 6 30 87 118 33 275
Total 1 10 79 354 17256 699 18399

*; 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: 142
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)