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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

November 1997
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 1 0 11 66 381 38 497
Tohoku 0 2 10 48 610 6 676
Kanto 0 0 7 30 840 10 887
Chubu 0 0 2 13 547 11 573
Kinki 0 0 0 8 325 0 333
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 7 194 1 202
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 2 14 85 1733 32 1866
Near Japan * 2 6 23 38 25 1 95
Total 3 10 67 295 4655 99 5129

*; 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: 105
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)