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Region Selected: Lower Left Latitude/Longitude: 33.73 N°, 137.04 E° Upper Right Latitude/Longitude: 45.73 N°, 149.04 E°

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Hazards

Current Hazards

Recent Earthquakes (Past 7 Days)

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Region	Lat/Long
21-May-2012 10:39:35	4.7	-31.2	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	39.5° N / 143.47° E
21-May-2012 10:17:12	5.1	-31.3	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	39.38° N / 143.54° E
21-May-2012 06:30:12	4.5	-27.2	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	37.03° N / 143.75° E
21-May-2012 01:11:55	4.5	-28.1	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	39.45° N / 143.76° E
21-May-2012 01:03:18	4.5	-37.2	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	39.35° N / 144.05° E
21-May-2012 00:46:15	4.8	-33.4	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	39.5° N / 143.45° E
20-May-2012 22:21:03	5.2	-30.4	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	39.6° N / 143.6° E
20-May-2012 22:14:44	4.6	-25.1	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	39.47° N / 143.46° E
20-May-2012 12:54:47	4.6	-17.0	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	39.24° N / 144.16° E
20-May-2012 08:41:45	5.0	-10.0	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	39.64° N / 143.09° E
20-May-2012 08:40:40	5.1	-10.0	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	39.55° N / 143.21° E
20-May-2012 08:20:58	5.3	-10.0	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	39.64° N / 143.17° E
20-May-2012 07:20:37	6.4	-15.6	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	39.73° N / 143.04° E
20-May-2012 07:19:54	5.9	-10.1	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	39.55° N / 143.28° E
19-May-2012 22:15:49	4.5	-32.8	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	39.51° N / 143.7° E
19-May-2012 19:13:45	4.7	-10.6	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	39.65° N / 143.45° E
19-May-2012 19:05:19	5.9	-5.4	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	39.71° N / 143.35° E
19-May-2012 00:08:44	4.8	-22.1	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	39.58° N / 143.37° E
18-May-2012 21:32:28	4.7	-27.4	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	39.65° N / 143.17° E
18-May-2012 21:23:25	5.0	-16.5	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	39.68° N / 143.17° E
18-May-2012 11:21:34	4.6	-47.1	near the east coast of Honshu, Japan	35.8° N / 140.66° E
18-May-2012 08:18:58	4.9	-50.0	eastern Honshu, Japan	36.13° N / 139.8° E
17-May-2012 06:51:10	4.4	-32.2	near the east coast of Honshu, Japan	39.49° N / 142.96° E
15-May-2012 16:00:46	4.8	-73.8	near the east coast of Honshu, Japan	38.27° N / 141.81° E
15-May-2012 00:09:06	4.6	-42.6	near the east coast of Honshu, Japan	39.73° N / 142.02° E

Active Tropical Storms (Current and 3-day Forecast Positions)

Name	Advisory Date(UTC)	Wind Speed	Wind Gusts	Heading	Track Speed	Status	Pressure	Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.

Active Volcanoes

Name	Region	Activity	Primary Observatory	More Information	Last Updated	Lat/Long
Tiatia	Russia	Unknown	Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team	GVP Site Link	Wed Jul 07 07:58:35 HST 2010	44.35° N / 146.26° E
Asama	Japan	Unknown	Asama Volcano Observatory	GVP Site Link	Wed May 06 00:00:00 HST 2009	36.4° N / 138.53° E
Miyake-jima	Japan	Unknown	Japan Meteorological Agency	GVP Site Link	Wed Jul 28 07:09:14 HST 2010	34.08° N / 139.53° E

Recent Hotspots (Fire)

Date of First Obs(UTC)	Date of Last Obs(UTC)	Description	Mean Lat.	Mean Long.
None found for the area chosen.

Historical Hazards

Historical Earthquakes
(Resulting in significant damage or deaths)

Last 50 Years

Count
91

5 Most Recent Earthquakes

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Intensity	Deaths	Location	Lat / Long
Dec 17 2009 00:23	4.9	7		0	JAPAN: HONSHU: ITO	34.92° N / 139.26° E
Aug 10 2009 00:20	6.4	40		1	JAPAN: HONSHU: S COAST	34.74° N / 138.26° E
Sep 11 2008 00:00	6.8	25		0	JAPAN: HOKKAIDO	41.89° N / 143.75° E
Jul 23 2008 00:15	6.8	108		1	JAPAN: HONSHU: N	39.8° N / 141.46° E
Jul 19 2008 00:02	6.9	22		0	JAPAN: OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU ISLAND	37.55° N / 142.21° E

5 Largest Earthquakes

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Intensity	Deaths	Location	Lat / Long
Jun 05 1898 00:00	8.7	60		0	JAPAN: OFF EAST COAST HONSHU	38.0° N / 143.0° E
Sep 20 1498 00:00	8.6	0		0	JAPAN: ENSHUNADA SEA	34.0° N / 138.1° E
Jul 13 0869 00:00	8.6	0		0	JAPAN: SANRIKU	38.5° N / 143.8° E
Dec 17 1096 00:00	8.4	0		400	JAPAN: ENSHUNADA	34.0° N / 137.5° E
Oct 28 1707 00:04	8.4	0		0	JAPAN: ENSHUNADA	34.1° N / 137.8° E

Volcanic Eruptions
Note: Historical eruptions data last updated in year 2000.

Last 100 Years Eruptions

Count
181

5 Most Recent Eruptions

Name	Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Location	Lat / Long
USU	Dec 28 2000 00:00	3.0	HOKKAIDO-JAPAN	42.53° N / 140.83° E
USU	Dec 17 2000 00:00	2.0	HOKKAIDO-JAPAN	42.53° N / 140.83° E
USU	Dec 17 2000 00:00	2.0	HOKKAIDO-JAPAN	42.53° N / 140.83° E
KOMAGA-TAKE	Oct 25 1998 00:00	1.0	HOKKAIDO-JAPAN	42.07° N / 140.68° E
ANDATARA	Dec 15 1997 00:00	2.0	HONSHU, JAPAN	37.62° N / 140.28° E

Tsunami Runups
Note: For each Tsunami event, there may be many locations of recorded runups of the same date for the chosen area.
To avoid duplicate results, the Regional Reporter tool applies a filter to display only one result per tsunami event.

5 Most Recent Tsunami Runups

Date(UTC)	Country	Location	Runup(meters)	Deaths	Lat / Long
Feb 27 2010 04:56	JAPAN	HANASAKI	0.8	0	43.28° N / 145.57° E
Sep 29 2009 00:00	JAPAN	ISHINOMAKI	0.2	0	38.42° N / 141.27° E
Aug 10 2009 20:18	JAPAN	OMAEZAKI	0.4	0	34.6° N / 138.23° E
Jan 03 2009 01:06	JAPAN	OMAEZAKI	0.2	0	34.6° N / 138.23° E
Sep 11 2008 00:00	JAPAN	URAKAWA	0.1	0	42.17° N / 142.77° E

5 Largest Tsunami Runups

Date(UTC)	Country	Location	Runup(meters)	Deaths	Lat / Long
Aug 29 1741 00:00	JAPAN	SADO ISLAND	90.0	0	38.0° N / 138.5° E
Apr 24 1771 00:00	JAPAN	ARA	56.5	0	35.67° N / 139.78° E
Jul 12 1993 00:00	JAPAN	KASHIWAZAKIKO	54.0	0	37.37° N / 138.53° E
Jun 15 1896 00:00	JAPAN	RYORI	30.0	0	39.03° N / 141.87° E
Mar 02 1933 00:00	JAPAN	IWATE COAST	29.0	0	39.5° N / 142.0° E

Large Wildfires

(Greater than 40 sq. km.)

Start Date(UTC)	End Date(UTC)	Intensity	Size (sq. km.)	Mean Lat.	Mean Long.
None found for the area chosen.

Earthquake Intensity Zones

Probable maximum MMI intensity once in 50 years

Maximum Zone
Magnitude IX and above

Storm Intensity Zones

Wind Speed with a 10% chance of occurring within 10 years

Maximum Zone (km/hr)
210-249

Demography

Population 2001

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
68,181,152	32,929

Population 2002

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
68,600,896	34,061

Population 2006

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
69,291,576	40,027

Population 2007

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
69,652,648	41,427

Countries

Country
Japan
Russia

Major Cities

Country	Name	Population	Status	Lat / Long
Japan	Tokyo	5,000,000 and greater	National and provincial capital	35.68° N / 139.81° E
Japan	Kawasaki	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	Other	35.5° N / 139.73° E
Japan	Sapporo	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	Provincial capital	43.06° N / 141.35° E
Japan	Yokohama	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	Other	35.44° N / 139.62° E
Japan	Sendai	500,000 to 1,000,000	Provincial capital	38.25° N / 140.89° E
Japan	Aomori	250,000 to 500,000	Other	40.82° N / 140.75° E

Infrastructure

Airports

Name	Type	Elevation (Ft.)	Link	Lat / Long
MATSUMOTO	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	02182	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJAF	36.17° N / 137.92° E
MIYAKEJIMA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00067	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJTQ	34.07° N / 139.56° E
MONBETSU	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00080	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJEB	44.3° N / 143.4° E
NAKASHIBETSU	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00234	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJCN	43.58° N / 144.96° E
ODATE NOSHIRO	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00292	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJSR	40.19° N / 140.37° E
OSHIMA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00130	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJTO	34.78° N / 139.36° E
RISHIRI	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00112	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJER	45.24° N / 141.19° E
TOYAMA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00095	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJNT	36.65° N / 137.19° E
AKITA	Active civil airport	00313	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJSK	39.62° N / 140.22° E
AOMORI	Active civil airport	00664	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJSA	40.73° N / 140.69° E
ASAHIKAWA	Active civil airport	00721	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJEC	43.67° N / 142.45° E
FUKUSHIMA	Active civil airport	01221	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJSF	37.23° N / 140.43° E
HAKODATE	Active civil airport	00151	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJCH	41.77° N / 140.82° E
HANAMAKI	Active civil airport	00297	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJSI	39.43° N / 141.14° E
KUSHIRO	Active civil airport	00327	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJCK	43.04° N / 144.19° E
MEMANBETSU	Active civil airport	00135	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJCM	43.88° N / 144.16° E
NEW CHITOSE	Active civil airport	00082	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJCC	42.78° N / 141.69° E
NEW TOKYO INTL	Active civil airport	00141	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJAA	35.76° N / 140.39° E
OBIHIRO	Active civil airport	00505	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJCB	42.73° N / 143.22° E
SENDAI	Active civil airport	00015	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJSS	38.14° N / 140.92° E
SHONAI	Active civil airport	00086	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJSY	38.81° N / 139.79° E
TOKYO INTL	Active civil airport	00035	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJTT	35.55° N / 139.78° E
WAKKANAI	Active civil airport	00030	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJCW	45.4° N / 141.8° E
NIIGATA	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00029	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJSN	37.96° N / 139.12° E
SAPPORO	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00025	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJCO	43.12° N / 141.38° E
TOKACHI	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00275	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJCT	42.89° N / 143.16° E
YAMAGATA	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00353	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJSC	38.41° N / 140.37° E
ATSUGI NAF	Active military airport	00205	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJTA	35.45° N / 139.45° E
CHITOSE	Active military airport	00087	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJCJ	42.79° N / 141.67° E
HACHINOHE	Active military airport	00152	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJSH	40.56° N / 141.47° E
HAMAMATSU	Active military airport	00150	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJNH	34.75° N / 137.7° E
HYAKURI	Active military airport	00105	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJAH	36.18° N / 140.42° E
IRUMA	Active military airport	00295	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJTJ	35.84° N / 139.41° E
KASTNER AAF	Active military airport	00360	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJTR	35.51° N / 139.39° E
KISARAZU	Active military airport	00010	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJTK	35.4° N / 139.91° E
MATSUSHIMA	Active military airport	00007	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJST	38.4° N / 141.22° E
MISAWA AB	Active military airport	00119	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJSM	40.7° N / 141.37° E
SHIMOFUSA	Active military airport	00098	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJTL	35.8° N / 140.01° E
SHIZUHAMA	Active military airport	00023	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJNY	34.81° N / 138.3° E
TATEYAMA	Active military airport	00010	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJTE	34.99° N / 139.83° E
UTSUNOMIYA	Active military airport	00334	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJTU	36.51° N / 139.87° E
YOKOTA AB	Active military airport	00463	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJTY	35.75° N / 139.35° E

Nuclear Power Plants

Name	Country	Number of Reactors	Lat / Long
FUKUSHIMA-DAIICHI	JAPAN	6	37.42° N / 141.03° E
FUKUSHIMA-DAINI	JAPAN	4	37.32° N / 141.03° E
HAMAOKA	JAPAN	5	34.62° N / 138.15° E
HIGASHI DORI	JAPAN	1	41.27° N / 141.32° E
KASHIWAZAKI KARIWA	JAPAN	7	37.42° N / 138.58° E
ONAGAWA	JAPAN	3	38.4° N / 141.5° E
TOKAI	JAPAN	3	36.46° N / 140.61° E
TOMARI	JAPAN	2	43.03° N / 140.52° E

Environment

Urban/Rural Mask (SEDAC)

Land Cover	Area (km2)	%
Urban	60,459	4
Rural	177,950	13
Not classified	1,131,484	83

MODIS IGBP Land Cover
(excluding water area)

Land Cover	Area (km2)	%
Mixed Forests	103,906	44
Deciduous Broadleaf Forest	60,359	26
Croplands	24,033	10
Cropland/Natural Vegetation Mosaic	13,035	6
Woody Savannas	11,932	5
Evergreen Needleleaf Forest	6,313	3
Closed Shrublands	3,223	1.4
Unclassified	2,823	1.2
Urban and Built-Up	2,510	1.1
Open Shrublands	2,073	0.9
Deciduous Needleleaf Forest	1,695	0.7
Grasslands	1,305	0.6
Savannas	910	0.4
Permanent Wetlands	729	0.3
Evergreen Broadleaf Forest	536	0.2
Barren or Sparsely Vegetated	24	0.01

Elevation (meters)
(land only)

Minimum	Maximum	Average
-5	3,664	425

Average Temperature (degrees C)

	May	Jun	Jul
low	6.9	11.4	15.7
high	16.5	19.4	22.9

Average Precipitation

	May	Jun	Jul
mm/day	3.5	4.7	5.1

Current Meteorological Observations (METAR)

Station Name	Observation Time (UTC)	Temp (F)	Wind Speed (MPH)	Wind Direction	Sky Condition	Lat / Long
CHITOSE JASDF/C	Mon May 21 2012 23:00	50F	13.0	S	Few clouds 600 ft. Broken clouds 800 ft.	42.78° N / 141.67° E
NEW TOKYO INTL A	Mon May 21 2012 23:08	55.4F	17.0	NNE	Few clouds 400 ft. Broken clouds 700 ft. Broken clouds 1000 ft.	35.77° N / 140.37° E
SAPPORO JGSDF/C	Sun May 20 2012 23:31	50F	16.0	SE	Scattered clouds 700 ft.	43.12° N / 141.37° E
SENDAI AIRPORT	Mon May 21 2012 23:00	60.8F	10.0	E	Few clouds 2000 ft.	38.12° N / 140.92° E
TOKYO INTL AIRPO	Mon May 21 2012 23:00	59F	21.0	N	Few clouds 1500 ft. Broken clouds 2000 ft.	35.53° N / 139.77° E

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