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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

October 1999
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 1 12 50 307 13 383
Tohoku 0 2 5 43 664 19 733
Kanto 0 2 3 34 762 3 804
Chubu 0 0 3 9 516 7 535
Kinki 0 0 2 9 772 12 795
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 8 418 1 428
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 3 7 97 1513 71 1691
Near Japan * 1 5 30 71 40 4 151
Total 1 13 63 321 4992 130 5520

*; 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: 74
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)