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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

2003
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 10 62 334 1196 15700 1648 18950
Tohoku 4 19 151 977 33641 731 35523
Kanto 1 10 47 312 14043 129 14542
Chubu 0 0 19 181 10977 110 11287
Kinki 1 3 17 90 15223 635 15969
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 9 52 9356 235 9652
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 2 13 135 855 24158 2465 27628
Near Japan * 6 43 299 721 713 310 2092
Total 24 150 1011 4384 123811 6263 135643

*; 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: 2179
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)