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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

February 2008
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 1 10 36 776 69 892
Tohoku 0 0 5 28 1052 33 1118
Kanto 0 1 4 29 963 16 1013
Chubu 0 0 2 23 1247 18 1290
Kinki 0 0 0 14 972 18 1004
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 1 472 3 476
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 0 8 48 1198 85 1339
Near Japan * 1 4 25 65 56 5 156
Total 1 6 54 244 6736 247 7288

*; 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: 87
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)