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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

December 2023
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 1 1 19 70 794 57 942
Tohoku 0 0 9 58 4071 120 4258
Kanto 0 2 6 37 2271 100 2416
Chubu 0 0 2 17 2357 72 2448
Kinki 0 0 1 4 1304 23 1332
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 6 736 18 760
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 0 17 68 2702 127 2914
Near Japan * 0 2 30 91 439 33 595
Total 1 5 84 351 14674 550 15665

*; 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: 150
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)