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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

February 2013
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 1 2 12 44 1175 25 1259
Tohoku 0 0 31 182 2180 13 2406
Kanto 1 2 14 86 2485 20 2608
Chubu 0 0 3 12 947 4 966
Kinki 0 0 1 11 826 7 845
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 5 477 9 491
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 2 10 73 2050 142 2277
Near Japan * 0 6 33 100 76 4 219
Total 2 12 104 513 10216 224 11071

*; 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: 265
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)