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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

September 2006
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 0 19 55 795 50 919
Tohoku 0 0 2 40 1182 26 1250
Kanto 0 1 4 21 1193 19 1238
Chubu 0 0 2 15 1022 6 1045
Kinki 0 0 1 9 1042 22 1074
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 1 0 8 522 5 536
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 2 12 78 1686 131 1909
Near Japan * 1 6 23 61 73 8 172
Total 1 10 63 287 7515 267 8143

*; 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: 97
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)