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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

May 2016
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 2 12 36 757 40 847
Tohoku 0 0 18 84 4132 104 4338
Kanto 0 1 6 33 3182 28 3250
Chubu 0 0 0 13 2038 5 2056
Kinki 0 0 0 10 1656 2 1668
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 3 887 3 894
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 1 6 36 274 20171 98 20586
Near Japan * 3 8 39 125 193 24 392
Total 4 17 112 578 33016 304 34031

*; 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: 664
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)