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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

July 2004
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 2 12 53 1381 70 1518
Tohoku 0 3 12 42 1574 20 1651
Kanto 0 1 4 23 1211 7 1246
Chubu 0 0 2 16 973 3 994
Kinki 0 0 0 12 1112 45 1169
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 2 755 10 767
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 1 1 9 94 2243 190 2538
Near Japan * 1 8 76 87 130 38 340
Total 2 15 115 329 9379 383 10223

*; 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: 103
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)