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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

January 2022
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 0 12 37 754 35 838
Tohoku 0 0 6 56 3965 79 4106
Kanto 0 0 3 28 2287 25 2343
Chubu 0 0 2 21 3053 41 3117
Kinki 0 0 1 11 1570 13 1595
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 3 797 8 808
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 1 0 22 134 7109 303 7569
Near Japan * 2 2 34 111 546 37 732
Total 3 2 80 401 20081 541 21108

*; 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: 167
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)