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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

May 2021
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 1 0 21 83 1018 36 1159
Tohoku 2 1 12 77 5429 90 5611
Kanto 0 3 9 45 2572 39 2668
Chubu 0 0 0 17 2177 17 2211
Kinki 0 0 0 9 1365 4 1378
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 0 5 1005 5 1015
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 1 10 188 3830 162 4191
Near Japan * 0 2 35 102 694 31 864
Total 3 7 87 526 18090 384 19097

*; 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: 155
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)