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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

March 2004
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 6 24 63 1625 183 1901
Tohoku 0 0 8 37 1458 36 1539
Kanto 0 1 3 27 1095 13 1139
Chubu 0 0 2 20 1016 9 1047
Kinki 0 0 2 10 1103 35 1150
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 5 693 17 715
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 0 8 57 1601 146 1812
Near Japan * 0 1 17 56 55 4 133
Total 0 8 64 275 8646 443 9436

*; 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: 96
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)