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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

September 2023
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 1 0 9 44 1357 43 1454
Tohoku 0 2 11 66 4733 126 4938
Kanto 0 0 6 24 2313 45 2388
Chubu 0 0 2 18 3333 63 3416
Kinki 0 0 1 9 1550 10 1570
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 3 876 4 884
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 1 2 19 207 4122 285 4636
Near Japan * 3 8 30 126 687 51 905
Total 5 12 79 497 18971 627 20191

*; 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: 471
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)