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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

November 2010
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 0 7 46 655 85 793
Tohoku 0 0 7 43 1990 62 2102
Kanto 0 1 6 26 1105 22 1160
Chubu 0 0 0 13 924 10 947
Kinki 0 0 1 11 1196 20 1228
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 2 569 5 576
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 1 11 76 2212 142 2442
Near Japan * 1 5 25 75 86 23 215
Total 1 7 57 292 8737 369 9463

*; 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: 101
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)