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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

February 2003
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 2 16 69 975 125 1187
Tohoku 0 1 4 42 1242 44 1333
Kanto 0 1 4 33 1052 9 1099
Chubu 0 0 2 12 859 13 886
Kinki 0 0 2 8 1369 26 1405
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 5 840 20 865
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 0 7 65 1975 207 2254
Near Japan * 0 2 28 49 93 14 186
Total 0 6 63 283 8405 458 9215

*; 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.)