| District | M>=6 | 6>M>=5 | 5>M>=4 | 4>M>=3 | M<3 | Unknown | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokkaido | 1 | 20 | 127 | 610 | 11249 | 451 | 12458 |
| Tohoku | 2 | 22 | 192 | 1375 | 78176 | 1510 | 81277 |
| Kanto | 1 | 6 | 61 | 316 | 26843 | 449 | 27676 |
| Chubu | 0 | 3 | 22 | 238 | 41668 | 503 | 42434 |
| Kinki | 1 | 2 | 7 | 119 | 18408 | 118 | 18655 |
| Chugoku, Shikoku | 0 | 0 | 8 | 43 | 11052 | 71 | 11174 |
| Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. | 4 | 42 | 158 | 1245 | 44919 | 1664 | 48032 |
| Near Japan * | 10 | 86 | 561 | 1562 | 7129 | 508 | 9856 |
| Total | 19 | 181 | 1136 | 5508 | 239444 | 5274 | 251562 |
*; 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: 1964
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)