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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

2005
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 2 11 174 651 12753 1019 14610
Tohoku 5 16 104 511 16732 441 17809
Kanto 3 16 89 437 15069 176 15790
Chubu 0 4 35 216 15790 77 16122
Kinki 0 2 19 132 14610 343 15106
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 7 40 7558 128 7733
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 4 15 152 1147 33507 2616 37441
Near Japan * 9 57 376 1652 1541 177 3812
Total 23 121 956 4786 117560 4977 128423

*; 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: 1707
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)