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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

February 2005
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 1 9 51 1036 112 1209
Tohoku 0 2 4 32 1049 44 1131
Kanto 0 2 7 46 982 23 1060
Chubu 0 0 3 16 1133 10 1162
Kinki 0 1 2 11 976 46 1036
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 6 541 9 556
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 0 5 64 1533 170 1772
Near Japan * 1 5 28 97 70 18 219
Total 1 11 58 323 7320 432 8145

*; 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: 101
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)