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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

February 2006
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 0 18 54 832 80 984
Tohoku 0 0 9 27 1248 49 1333
Kanto 0 5 8 26 1310 33 1382
Chubu 0 0 2 16 853 4 875
Kinki 0 0 0 8 984 24 1016
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 4 458 7 470
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 1 8 58 2250 155 2472
Near Japan * 2 0 22 75 104 6 209
Total 2 6 68 268 8039 358 8741

*; 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: 79
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)