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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

December 1998
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 0 13 48 330 21 412
Tohoku 0 0 3 45 823 28 899
Kanto 0 1 7 19 747 9 783
Chubu 0 0 0 11 476 9 496
Kinki 0 0 1 12 423 3 439
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 6 182 0 188
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 4 22 102 1706 51 1885
Near Japan * 0 1 3 36 28 0 68
Total 0 6 49 279 4715 121 5170

*; 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: 84
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)