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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

July 2001
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 5 11 57 549 17 639
Tohoku 0 0 4 35 920 55 1014
Kanto 0 9 21 92 1347 25 1494
Chubu 0 0 2 15 703 9 729
Kinki 0 0 0 3 1928 58 1989
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 4 1310 27 1341
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 2 8 66 1918 117 2111
Near Japan * 1 1 20 42 70 4 138
Total 1 17 66 314 8745 312 9455

*; 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: 88
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)