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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

December 2022
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 1 10 62 823 45 941
Tohoku 0 1 12 70 4611 86 4780
Kanto 0 0 6 26 2552 30 2614
Chubu 0 0 1 20 2575 79 2675
Kinki 0 0 0 9 1471 14 1494
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 1 787 8 797
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 1 1 11 80 2814 111 3018
Near Japan * 0 6 26 82 502 40 656
Total 1 9 67 350 16135 413 16975

*; 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: 141
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)