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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

May 2004
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 3 21 52 1945 103 2124
Tohoku 0 2 5 31 1400 25 1463
Kanto 1 2 11 67 1197 10 1288
Chubu 0 0 0 16 944 4 964
Kinki 0 0 0 7 1226 42 1275
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 2 707 16 725
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 2 4 52 2062 149 2269
Near Japan * 1 8 26 95 132 20 282
Total 2 17 67 322 9613 369 10390

*; 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: 124
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)