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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

2002
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 2 13 171 682 9932 1329 12129
Tohoku 2 12 72 385 14641 532 15644
Kanto 1 7 59 339 14313 148 14867
Chubu 0 1 19 159 9294 291 9764
Kinki 0 2 11 101 22114 1258 23486
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 1 10 68 14573 551 15203
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 1 58 185 1102 23027 2196 26569
Near Japan * 12 53 282 813 669 121 1950
Total 18 147 809 3649 108563 6426 119612

*; 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: 1241
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)