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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

April 2009
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 2 9 45 867 60 983
Tohoku 0 2 7 26 1986 16 2037
Kanto 0 1 2 21 1167 28 1219
Chubu 0 0 0 17 1273 10 1300
Kinki 0 0 0 13 1278 13 1304
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 6 680 4 691
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 5 14 118 1894 92 2123
Near Japan * 2 19 45 91 187 10 354
Total 2 29 78 337 9332 233 10011

*; 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: 103
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)