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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

2017
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 13 113 512 10586 281 11505
Tohoku 1 16 167 1048 53428 2928 57588
Kanto 0 4 46 455 55044 1480 57029
Chubu 0 2 10 187 27975 202 28376
Kinki 0 2 2 92 17626 66 17788
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 3 51 17661 80 17795
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 1 20 118 961 73440 1459 75999
Near Japan * 7 58 322 1190 1859 319 3755
Total 9 115 781 4496 257619 6815 269835

*; 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: 2024
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)