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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

January 1999
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 2 20 55 382 23 482
Tohoku 0 2 2 30 741 22 797
Kanto 0 1 10 19 709 1 740
Chubu 0 0 2 17 578 6 603
Kinki 0 0 0 6 500 8 514
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 2 192 3 197
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 1 0 16 68 1593 116 1794
Near Japan * 1 2 10 48 33 0 94
Total 2 7 60 245 4728 179 5221

*; 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: 73
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)