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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

April 2021
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 0 12 39 704 18 773
Tohoku 0 1 15 93 5333 71 5513
Kanto 0 0 1 37 2417 38 2493
Chubu 0 0 2 12 2166 12 2192
Kinki 0 0 1 15 1299 7 1322
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 4 896 2 902
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 3 17 158 3450 165 3793
Near Japan * 1 4 24 98 829 16 972
Total 1 8 72 456 17094 329 17960

*; 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: 429
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)