| District | M>=6 | 6>M>=5 | 5>M>=4 | 4>M>=3 | M<3 | Unknown | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokkaido | 0 | 1 | 11 | 59 | 863 | 73 | 1007 |
| Tohoku | 0 | 0 | 6 | 54 | 4172 | 116 | 4348 |
| Kanto | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 1862 | 40 | 1934 |
| Chubu | 3 | 26 | 234 | 1369 | 26117 | 792 | 28541 |
| Kinki | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1234 | 12 | 1253 |
| Chugoku, Shikoku | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 760 | 9 | 773 |
| Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. | 0 | 0 | 14 | 87 | 2715 | 145 | 2961 |
| Near Japan * | 0 | 4 | 32 | 118 | 360 | 31 | 545 |
| Total | 3 | 31 | 303 | 1724 | 38083 | 1218 | 41362 |
*; 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: 1997
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)