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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

August 2001
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 1 11 55 518 18 603
Tohoku 1 2 6 37 1026 55 1127
Kanto 0 0 0 17 1232 31 1280
Chubu 0 0 0 8 662 9 679
Kinki 0 1 2 7 2941 123 3074
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 7 1289 34 1331
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 1 2 15 80 2031 110 2239
Near Japan * 0 4 13 27 52 4 100
Total 2 10 48 238 9751 384 10433

*; 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: 93
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)