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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

May 2010
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 0 10 40 805 76 931
Tohoku 0 0 2 29 2034 40 2105
Kanto 0 0 1 18 1176 16 1211
Chubu 0 0 1 17 1371 9 1398
Kinki 0 0 0 11 1186 9 1206
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 2 578 9 589
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 1 2 27 196 3064 186 3476
Near Japan * 1 2 23 87 119 9 241
Total 2 4 64 400 10333 354 11157

*; 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: 94
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)