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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

2018
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 2 18 212 734 13781 364 15111
Tohoku 1 17 134 830 40484 1740 43206
Kanto 1 12 81 405 35345 490 36334
Chubu 0 4 13 163 26605 108 26893
Kinki 1 1 9 130 23395 51 23587
Chugoku, Shikoku 1 3 10 66 17543 89 17712
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 4 10 148 1161 53619 1407 56349
Near Japan * 7 75 330 1089 1240 400 3141
Total 17 140 937 4578 212012 4649 222333

*; 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: 2178
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)