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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

October 2016
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 1 1 15 49 696 30 792
Tohoku 0 1 10 82 3963 104 4160
Kanto 0 2 6 58 3089 60 3215
Chubu 0 0 0 17 1985 15 2017
Kinki 0 0 0 4 1375 4 1383
Chugoku, Shikoku 1 1 10 131 11752 137 12032
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 1 8 96 6429 125 6659
Near Japan * 0 9 30 90 135 14 278
Total 2 15 79 527 29424 489 30536

*; 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: 569
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)