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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

September 2004
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 2 18 49 1150 94 1313
Tohoku 0 1 9 47 1301 14 1372
Kanto 0 0 0 15 966 5 986
Chubu 0 1 8 53 1049 3 1114
Kinki 4 6 65 455 2978 72 3580
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 1 611 9 622
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 3 8 49 1648 114 1822
Near Japan * 0 7 26 66 87 9 195
Total 4 20 135 735 9790 320 11004

*; 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: 132
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)