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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

November 1998
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 1 11 63 249 20 344
Tohoku 0 1 8 38 574 8 629
Kanto 0 0 8 32 708 7 755
Chubu 0 0 3 19 714 14 750
Kinki 0 0 0 8 474 11 493
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 4 192 2 199
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 1 1 12 66 1320 46 1446
Near Japan * 0 3 18 35 34 4 94
Total 1 6 61 265 4265 112 4710

*; 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: 92
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)