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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

December 2004
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 2 1 32 121 2592 205 2953
Tohoku 0 2 12 38 1142 36 1230
Kanto 0 1 2 23 1030 9 1065
Chubu 0 1 4 33 2974 9 3021
Kinki 0 0 3 25 2068 92 2188
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 6 583 21 610
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 3 18 100 2517 203 2841
Near Japan * 0 1 20 65 99 21 206
Total 2 9 91 411 13005 596 14114

*; 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: 190
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)