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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

June 2003
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 1 14 61 922 61 1059
Tohoku 0 1 6 98 5566 68 5739
Kanto 0 1 4 28 1790 14 1837
Chubu 0 0 2 13 978 3 996
Kinki 0 1 1 8 1209 56 1275
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 2 799 17 819
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 2 11 48 2140 222 2423
Near Japan * 2 7 26 76 66 29 206
Total 2 13 65 334 13470 470 14354

*; 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: 161
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)