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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

September 2008
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 1 5 21 83 1064 77 1251
Tohoku 0 1 14 44 2682 12 2753
Kanto 0 0 4 17 1450 26 1497
Chubu 0 1 1 14 1515 9 1540
Kinki 0 0 0 13 1123 13 1149
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 3 599 5 607
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 2 12 60 1700 98 1872
Near Japan * 0 5 14 68 68 5 160
Total 1 14 66 302 10201 245 10829

*; 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: 131
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)