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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

2023
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 4 12 123 572 11271 508 12490
Tohoku 3 16 108 712 53489 1473 55801
Kanto 1 13 88 473 29011 651 30237
Chubu 1 4 37 315 49340 1360 51057
Kinki 0 1 7 89 17011 148 17256
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 7 51 11581 110 11749
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 3 22 138 1032 36958 1773 39926
Near Japan * 12 79 470 1241 6143 485 8430
Total 24 147 978 4485 214804 6508 226946

*; 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: 2237
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)