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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

February 2021
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 3 11 32 775 35 856
Tohoku 1 5 51 461 11426 303 12247
Kanto 0 0 4 25 1866 23 1918
Chubu 0 0 1 10 1832 18 1861
Kinki 0 0 1 11 1408 12 1432
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 2 7 766 7 782
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 1 13 58 2506 59 2637
Near Japan * 0 5 17 70 470 12 574
Total 1 14 100 674 21049 469 22307

*; 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: 228
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)