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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

January 2000
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 1 0 9 87 488 34 619
Tohoku 0 1 8 50 601 18 678
Kanto 0 0 6 22 842 5 875
Chubu 0 0 1 15 404 12 432
Kinki 0 0 0 6 672 14 692
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 4 299 2 306
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 2 6 71 1199 60 1338
Near Japan * 0 2 16 69 47 5 139
Total 1 5 47 324 4552 150 5079

*; 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: 89
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)