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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

September 2000
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 1 14 67 408 21 511
Tohoku 0 0 4 29 533 16 582
Kanto 0 1 13 37 2328 37 2416
Chubu 0 0 0 9 436 9 454
Kinki 0 0 0 7 685 7 699
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 4 250 3 258
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 1 7 69 1143 49 1269
Near Japan * 1 1 18 48 30 1 99
Total 1 4 57 270 5813 143 6288

*; 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: 198
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)