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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

October 2021
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 0 10 33 785 26 854
Tohoku 0 3 14 58 4360 102 4537
Kanto 0 1 2 33 2387 51 2474
Chubu 0 1 2 23 4034 69 4129
Kinki 0 0 0 15 1436 11 1462
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 4 974 13 992
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 3 7 67 2788 89 2954
Near Japan * 2 5 26 73 544 16 666
Total 2 13 62 306 17308 377 18068

*; 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: 121
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)