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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

June 2002
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 0 25 69 895 119 1108
Tohoku 0 0 7 33 1362 29 1431
Kanto 0 3 6 32 1425 7 1473
Chubu 0 0 0 9 687 40 736
Kinki 0 0 1 1 2129 109 2240
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 2 877 32 911
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 1 6 65 1943 226 2241
Near Japan * 2 3 20 75 53 8 161
Total 2 7 65 286 9371 570 10301

*; 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: 98
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)