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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

September 2022
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 2 6 49 1023 56 1136
Tohoku 0 2 7 71 5349 115 5544
Kanto 0 1 11 25 2596 82 2715
Chubu 0 0 0 23 3232 25 3280
Kinki 0 0 1 9 1328 15 1353
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 2 759 8 770
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 1 6 18 115 2587 99 2826
Near Japan * 3 7 61 174 555 58 858
Total 4 18 105 468 17429 458 18482

*; 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: 152
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)