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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

March 2023
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 1 14 49 886 21 971
Tohoku 1 2 8 76 4639 121 4847
Kanto 0 1 8 33 2178 47 2267
Chubu 0 0 2 23 3457 57 3539
Kinki 0 0 0 6 1520 11 1537
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 2 987 7 997
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 0 0 6 45 2983 92 3126
Near Japan * 0 3 42 93 498 42 678
Total 1 7 81 327 17148 398 17962

*; 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: 112
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)