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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

September 2002
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 0 15 52 835 81 983
Tohoku 0 1 7 29 1290 41 1368
Kanto 0 0 6 22 1216 11 1255
Chubu 0 1 2 12 802 41 858
Kinki 0 1 2 9 1701 72 1785
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 1 2 14 3021 88 3126
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 3 7 59 1943 141 2153
Near Japan * 3 6 18 69 44 6 146
Total 3 13 59 266 10852 481 11674

*; 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: 115
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)