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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

July 2007
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 2 10 49 919 72 1052
Tohoku 0 0 2 31 1234 13 1280
Kanto 0 0 7 24 1438 22 1491
Chubu 1 2 15 122 4157 20 4317
Kinki 1 0 2 7 1420 28 1458
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 1 655 2 659
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 0 15 61 1476 89 1641
Near Japan * 1 10 25 69 99 8 212
Total 3 14 77 364 11398 254 12110

*; 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: 285
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)