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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

April 2000
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 0 11 60 585 24 680
Tohoku 0 4 7 34 545 10 600
Kanto 0 0 8 23 681 8 720
Chubu 0 0 1 19 478 7 505
Kinki 0 1 4 10 833 8 856
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 3 245 1 249
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 1 13 66 1748 160 1988
Near Japan * 0 2 9 43 34 4 92
Total 0 8 53 258 5149 222 5690

*; 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: 171
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)