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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

August 2004
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 1 15 68 1311 81 1476
Tohoku 0 2 6 36 1543 25 1612
Kanto 0 2 8 34 1198 10 1252
Chubu 0 0 0 15 884 2 901
Kinki 0 0 2 5 1095 44 1146
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 4 958 46 1008
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 1 6 63 1642 143 1855
Near Japan * 0 2 46 91 115 16 270
Total 0 8 83 316 8746 367 9520

*; 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: 91
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)