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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

December 2002
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 1 13 61 761 158 994
Tohoku 0 1 9 38 1324 52 1424
Kanto 1 0 5 31 1001 8 1046
Chubu 0 0 1 14 946 23 984
Kinki 0 0 1 8 1637 86 1732
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 3 968 51 1022
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 1 15 75 1776 188 2055
Near Japan * 0 3 31 78 36 12 160
Total 1 6 75 308 8449 578 9417

*; 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: 80
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)