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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

July 1998
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 0 12 79 550 39 680
Tohoku 0 0 2 38 687 12 739
Kanto 0 0 4 24 990 8 1026
Chubu 0 1 0 12 653 18 684
Kinki 0 0 0 10 498 8 516
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 4 271 4 279
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 1 14 109 1812 36 1972
Near Japan * 1 2 21 71 58 2 155
Total 1 4 53 347 5519 127 6051

*; 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: 97
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)