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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

December 2006
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 2 12 48 895 84 1041
Tohoku 0 0 9 23 1311 53 1396
Kanto 0 0 12 28 1210 22 1272
Chubu 0 0 3 27 1282 11 1323
Kinki 0 0 1 11 1089 34 1135
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 4 513 9 526
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 3 12 76 1371 141 1603
Near Japan * 3 22 63 110 84 14 296
Total 3 27 112 327 7755 368 8592

*; 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: 145
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)