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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

2021
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 2 12 133 559 10235 327 11268
Tohoku 4 16 174 1298 64703 1202 67397
Kanto 1 16 91 547 30033 565 31253
Chubu 1 3 25 248 39455 485 40217
Kinki 0 2 8 113 17662 108 17893
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 2 12 45 11255 93 11407
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 4 15 151 1190 41390 1570 44320
Near Japan * 8 53 409 1211 7930 284 9895
Total 20 119 1003 5211 222663 4634 233650

*; 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: 2423
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)