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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

February 2002
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 0 15 46 875 109 1045
Tohoku 0 1 4 25 1083 36 1149
Kanto 0 2 5 18 1054 14 1093
Chubu 0 0 1 6 520 10 537
Kinki 0 0 1 11 1700 132 1844
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 3 974 45 1022
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 0 4 75 1698 204 1981
Near Japan * 0 3 19 37 41 13 113
Total 0 6 49 221 7945 563 8784

*; 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: 82
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)