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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

September 2005
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 1 0 16 49 926 62 1054
Tohoku 0 0 11 27 1445 22 1505
Kanto 0 2 3 30 1144 11 1190
Chubu 0 0 0 20 1311 4 1335
Kinki 0 0 1 5 1136 23 1165
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 2 2 622 6 632
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 2 14 73 2157 160 2406
Near Japan * 1 2 18 109 96 7 233
Total 2 6 65 315 8837 295 9520

*; 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: 92
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)