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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

May 2023
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 2 14 58 1114 48 1236
Tohoku 0 1 4 67 4594 104 4770
Kanto 1 9 31 160 4110 90 4401
Chubu 1 4 14 92 12154 489 12754
Kinki 0 0 1 6 1585 13 1605
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 2 7 1336 9 1354
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 1 6 16 118 3958 226 4325
Near Japan * 1 2 29 90 526 23 671
Total 4 24 111 598 29377 1002 31116

*; 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: 404
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)