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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

July 2003
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 2 13 59 995 55 1124
Tohoku 1 4 19 168 5295 64 5551
Kanto 0 0 2 20 928 5 955
Chubu 0 0 3 15 925 8 951
Kinki 0 0 2 7 1318 40 1367
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 2 768 9 780
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 2 8 78 2150 199 2437
Near Japan * 1 4 26 53 59 27 170
Total 2 12 74 402 12438 407 13335

*; 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: 531
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)