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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

May 1999
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 1 0 11 49 458 42 561
Tohoku 0 0 6 43 773 24 846
Kanto 0 0 3 20 754 3 780
Chubu 0 0 2 18 646 12 678
Kinki 0 0 0 13 1055 9 1077
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 1 318 0 319
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 0 13 81 1577 74 1745
Near Japan * 0 5 15 62 61 1 144
Total 1 5 50 287 5642 165 6150

*; 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: 69
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)