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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

October 2010
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 2 13 42 857 98 1012
Tohoku 0 0 9 44 3982 63 4098
Kanto 0 0 7 24 1207 66 1304
Chubu 0 0 5 17 1172 8 1202
Kinki 0 0 0 11 1223 12 1246
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 7 655 6 669
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 1 1 13 62 2259 199 2535
Near Japan * 0 4 25 101 112 20 262
Total 1 7 73 308 11467 472 12328

*; 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: 164
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)