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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

October 2004
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 1 9 58 1077 97 1242
Tohoku 0 0 10 34 1147 22 1213
Kanto 0 3 6 20 901 13 943
Chubu 5 13 72 303 3229 11 3633
Kinki 0 0 7 45 1466 57 1575
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 9 622 21 652
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 1 3 16 119 1521 116 1776
Near Japan * 0 3 18 57 122 23 223
Total 6 23 138 645 10085 360 11257

*; 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: 728
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)