Japanese
Home > Publications/Periodicals > The Seismological Bulletin of Japan > 1. Earthquakes > Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

2009
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 1 14 143 544 11032 765 12499
Tohoku 0 12 97 425 24069 208 24811
Kanto 0 7 54 319 20528 438 21346
Chubu 2 1 19 265 17154 114 17555
Kinki 0 2 3 127 14824 180 15136
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 9 41 7227 67 7344
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 6 23 144 1057 31494 1736 34460
Near Japan * 8 78 337 939 1206 85 2653
Total 17 137 806 3717 127534 3593 135804

*; 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: 1631
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)