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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

April 2005
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 0 12 53 1110 92 1267
Tohoku 0 1 5 37 1449 31 1523
Kanto 1 0 3 27 1189 15 1235
Chubu 0 0 6 17 1123 8 1154
Kinki 0 0 3 14 1184 14 1215
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 4 610 8 623
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 3 13 100 5021 496 5633
Near Japan * 1 4 23 111 89 8 236
Total 2 8 66 363 11775 672 12886

*; 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: 192
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)