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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

November 2018
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 1 0 16 80 1207 30 1334
Tohoku 0 2 14 73 3383 38 3510
Kanto 0 1 4 35 2506 19 2565
Chubu 0 0 1 9 5069 17 5096
Kinki 0 1 1 12 2145 10 2169
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 1 1160 3 1165
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 1 17 78 3926 76 4098
Near Japan * 1 4 23 74 114 10 226
Total 2 9 77 362 19510 203 20163

*; 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: 201
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)