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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

November 2007
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 0 20 54 670 83 827
Tohoku 1 0 4 18 1067 29 1119
Kanto 0 0 4 24 1225 20 1273
Chubu 0 0 1 22 1496 15 1534
Kinki 0 0 1 8 1218 18 1245
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 6 526 4 537
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 1 9 75 1501 92 1678
Near Japan * 0 6 25 64 67 8 170
Total 1 7 65 271 7770 269 8383

*; 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.)