Japanese
Home > Publications/Periodicals > The Seismological Bulletin of Japan > 1. Earthquakes > Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

May 2000
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 0 9 58 456 7 530
Tohoku 0 0 9 52 616 16 693
Kanto 0 0 3 12 720 4 739
Chubu 0 0 0 12 604 13 629
Kinki 0 0 1 11 1069 33 1114
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 10 261 1 272
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 1 6 59 1688 90 1844
Near Japan * 0 2 17 44 45 2 110
Total 0 3 45 258 5459 166 5931

*; 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: 91
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)