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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

December 1997
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 2 25 68 404 51 550
Tohoku 0 2 10 52 615 10 689
Kanto 0 0 5 22 831 12 870
Chubu 0 0 1 15 425 3 444
Kinki 0 0 2 4 301 3 310
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 3 202 1 206
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 0 6 63 1789 36 1894
Near Japan * 0 1 11 44 26 2 84
Total 0 5 60 271 4593 118 5047

*; 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: 84
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)