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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

March 2009
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 2 7 40 881 92 1022
Tohoku 0 0 4 28 1950 17 1999
Kanto 0 0 2 26 1333 22 1383
Chubu 0 0 0 21 1287 22 1330
Kinki 0 0 0 10 1277 20 1307
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 3 623 6 632
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 2 17 68 1590 88 1765
Near Japan * 0 4 22 81 98 11 216
Total 0 8 52 277 9039 278 9654

*; 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: 90
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)