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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

December 2003
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 1 7 20 97 1902 311 2338
Tohoku 0 0 8 52 1530 50 1640
Kanto 0 0 4 27 1167 4 1202
Chubu 0 0 3 14 932 13 962
Kinki 0 0 1 8 1295 141 1445
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 4 786 19 810
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 1 4 25 105 2402 238 2775
Near Japan * 1 6 30 76 49 76 238
Total 3 17 92 383 10063 852 11410

*; 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: 165
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)