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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

2006
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 12 161 611 10434 818 12036
Tohoku 1 10 71 441 15244 401 16168
Kanto 0 12 76 295 19377 302 20062
Chubu 0 2 18 195 12979 83 13277
Kinki 0 1 11 113 14080 302 14507
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 1 7 48 6651 79 6786
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 4 12 125 813 21833 1560 24347
Near Japan * 19 116 358 866 1151 126 2636
Total 24 166 827 3382 101749 3671 109819

*; 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: 1341
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)