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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

September 2009
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 1 16 51 923 53 1044
Tohoku 0 0 10 34 1842 12 1898
Kanto 0 0 8 22 1039 7 1076
Chubu 0 0 0 20 1452 4 1476
Kinki 0 0 0 10 1131 5 1146
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 5 659 5 669
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 2 2 19 127 4874 298 5322
Near Japan * 0 5 18 73 63 3 162
Total 2 8 71 342 11983 387 12793

*; 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: 131
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)