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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

June 2001
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 1 1 17 58 522 24 623
Tohoku 0 1 4 31 790 42 868
Kanto 0 0 5 21 1468 46 1540
Chubu 0 1 4 12 763 12 792
Kinki 0 0 0 6 2150 60 2216
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 4 1303 31 1338
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 3 12 102 1935 105 2157
Near Japan * 1 7 17 44 44 11 124
Total 2 13 59 278 8975 331 9658

*; 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: 116
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)