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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

July 2009
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 0 17 39 943 31 1030
Tohoku 0 0 5 34 2108 13 2160
Kanto 0 0 3 20 1279 15 1317
Chubu 0 0 2 13 1191 9 1215
Kinki 0 0 0 12 1153 12 1177
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 3 2 574 5 584
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 1 12 69 2994 170 3246
Near Japan * 1 13 25 86 113 4 242
Total 1 14 67 275 10355 259 10971

*; 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: 105
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)