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Region Selected: Lower Left Latitude/Longitude: 15.4 N°, 100.9 E° Upper Right Latitude/Longitude: 27.4 N°, 112.9 E°

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Hazards

Current Hazards

Recent Earthquakes (Past 7 Days)

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Region	Lat/Long
None found for the area chosen.

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

Name	Advisory Date(UTC)	Wind Speed	Wind Gusts	Heading	Track Speed	Status	Pressure	Lat / Long
SON-TINH	29-Oct-2012	69.0	86.0	NNE	6.0	Tropical Storm	mb	21.4 N / 106.9 E

Active Volcanoes

Name	Region	Activity	Primary Observatory	More Information	Last Updated	Lat/Long
None found for the area chosen.

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
32

5 Most Recent Earthquakes

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Intensity	Deaths	Location	Lat / Long
Aug 29 2010 00:00	4.9	35		0	CHINA: SICHUAN PROVINCE: NINGANG, ZIAOJIA	27.2° N / 103.01° E
Feb 25 2010 00:04	4.8	36		0	CHINA: YUNNAN PROVINCE	25.52° N / 101.9° E
Jan 17 2010 00:09	4.4	27		7	CHINA: GUIZHOU PROVINCE	25.56° N / 105.8° E
Jul 09 2009 00:11	5.7	7		0	CHINA: YUNNAN PROVINCE: YAOAN COUNTY	25.63° N / 101.09° E
Aug 30 2008 00:08	5.9	17		43	CHINA: SICHUAN PROVINCE	26.27° N / 101.94° E

5 Largest Earthquakes

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Intensity	Deaths	Location	Lat / Long
Sep 06 1833 00:00	8.0	0	11	6700	CHINA: YUNNAN PROVINCE	25.2° N / 103.0° E
Jan 04 1970 00:17	7.8	31	10	10000	CHINA: YUNNAN PROVINCE; VIETNAM: HANOI	24.1° N / 102.5° E
Aug 02 1733 00:00	7.5	0	10	0	CHINA: YUNNAN PROVINCE: DONGCHUAN	26.2° N / 103.1° E
Jul 13 1605 00:00	7.5	0	10	2000	CHINA: GUANGDONG PROVINCE	19.9° N / 110.5° E
Dec 21 1913 00:15	7.0	10	9	942	CHINA: YUNNAN PROVINCE	24.15° N / 102.45° E

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

Last 100 Years Eruptions

Count
0

5 Most Recent Eruptions

Name	Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Location	Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.

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
Jan 05 1992 00:00	CHINA	SANYA, HAINAN IS.	0.8	0	18.23° N / 109.51° E

5 Largest Tsunami Runups

Date(UTC)	Country	Location	Runup(meters)	Deaths	Lat / Long
Jan 05 1992 00:00	CHINA	SANYA, HAINAN IS.	0.8	0	18.23° N / 109.51° E

Large Wildfires

(Greater than 40 sq. km.)

Start Date(UTC)	End Date(UTC)	Intensity	Size (sq. km.)	Mean Lat.	Mean Long.
Feb 17 2007 00:00	May 10 2007 00:00	2.5	56.6	18.67000008 N	101.59999847 E

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)
216,182,720	68,823

Population 2002

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
217,943,312	78,385

Population 2006

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
222,722,480	97,089

Population 2007

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
224,509,536	95,352

Countries

Country
China
Laos
Myanmar (Burma)
Paracel Islands
Thailand
Vietnam

Major Cities

Country	Name	Population	Status	Lat / Long
China	Guiyang	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	Provincial capital	26.57° N / 106.7° E
China	Kunming	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	Provincial capital	25.05° N / 102.7° E
Vietnam	Hanoi	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	National capital and provincial capital enclave	21.03° N / 105.82° E
China	Fangcheng Gang	500,000 to 1,000,000	Other	21.75° N / 108.35° E
China	Nanning	500,000 to 1,000,000	Provincial capital	22.84° N / 108.3° E
Laos	Vientiane	250,000 to 500,000	National and provincial capital	18.0° N / 102.68° E
Vietnam	Da Nang	250,000 to 500,000	Provincial capital	16.05° N / 108.21° E
Vietnam	Haiphong	250,000 to 500,000	Other	20.86° N / 106.68° E
Thailand	Khon Kaen	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	16.43° N / 102.84° E
Vietnam	Hon Gai	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	20.95° N / 107.08° E
Vietnam	Hue	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	16.46° N / 107.58° E
Vietnam	Thai Nguyen	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	21.55° N / 105.86° E
Vietnam	Vinh	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	18.67° N / 105.67° E
Laos	Savannakhet	50,000 to 100,000	Provincial capital	16.56° N / 104.75° E
Thailand	Udon Thani	50,000 to 100,000	Provincial capital	17.41° N / 102.79° E
Vietnam	Hai Duong	50,000 to 100,000	Provincial capital	20.94° N / 106.33° E
Vietnam	Hoa Binh	50,000 to 100,000	Provincial capital	20.83° N / 105.33° E
Vietnam	Thai Binh	50,000 to 100,000	Provincial capital	20.45° N / 106.33° E
Vietnam	Thanh Hoa	50,000 to 100,000	Provincial capital	19.81° N / 105.78° E
Vietnam	Viet Tri	50,000 to 100,000	Provincial capital	21.31° N / 105.43° E
Vietnam	Yen Bai	50,000 to 100,000	Provincial capital	21.7° N / 104.88° E
Laos	Louang Namtha	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	20.95° N / 101.42° E
Laos	Louangphrabang	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	19.88° N / 102.14° E
Laos	Muang Khammouan	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	17.4° N / 104.8° E
Laos	Muang Xaignabouri	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	19.19° N / 101.48° E
Laos	Phongsali	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	21.68° N / 102.1° E
Laos	Saravan	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	15.72° N / 106.43° E
Laos	Xam Nua	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	20.42° N / 104.03° E
Laos	Xiangkhoang	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	19.33° N / 103.37° E
Thailand	Chaiyaphum	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	15.8° N / 102.04° E
Thailand	Kalasin	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	16.43° N / 103.51° E
Thailand	Loei	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	17.49° N / 101.74° E
Thailand	Maha Sarakham	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	16.18° N / 103.3° E
Thailand	Nakhom Phanom	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	17.38° N / 104.72° E
Thailand	Nong Khai	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	17.88° N / 102.75° E
Thailand	Phetchabun	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	16.42° N / 101.16° E
Thailand	Roi Et	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	16.05° N / 103.65° E
Thailand	Sakon Nakhon	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	17.16° N / 104.15° E
Thailand	Yasothon	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	15.79° N / 104.15° E
Vietnam	Cao Bang	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	22.66° N / 106.27° E
Vietnam	Dong Ha	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	16.85° N / 107.13° E
Vietnam	Dong Hoi	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	17.46° N / 106.62° E
Vietnam	Ha Giang	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	22.83° N / 104.93° E
Vietnam	Ha Tinh	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	18.35° N / 105.92° E
Vietnam	Lang Son	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	21.85° N / 106.76° E
Vietnam	Lao Cai	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	22.5° N / 103.95° E
Vietnam	Luan Chau	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	21.74° N / 103.34° E
Vietnam	Ninh Binh	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	20.25° N / 105.97° E
Vietnam	Phu Lang Thuong	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	21.27° N / 106.19° E
Vietnam	Son La	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	21.33° N / 103.91° E
Vietnam	Tuyen Quang	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	21.82° N / 105.21° E

Infrastructure

Airports

Name	Type	Elevation (Ft.)	Link	Lat / Long
LOEI	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00860	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=VTUL	17.44° N / 101.72° E
LUANG PRABANG	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00948	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=VLLB	19.9° N / 102.16° E
PHETCHABUN	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00450	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=VTPB	16.68° N / 101.2° E
PHONESAVANH	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	03609	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=VLPV	19.45° N / 103.22° E
ROI ET	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00451	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=VTUV	16.12° N / 103.77° E
SAVANNAKHET	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00509	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=VLSK	16.56° N / 104.76° E
XIENG KHOUANG NORTH	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	03500		19.45° N / 103.16° E
KHON KAEN	Active civil airport	00670	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=VTUK	16.47° N / 102.78° E
LIANGJIANG	Active civil airport	00570	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=ZGKL	25.22° N / 110.04° E
MEILAN	Active civil airport	00075	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=ZJHK	19.93° N / 110.46° E
NAKHON PHANOM	Active civil airport	00587	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=VTUW	17.38° N / 104.64° E
PHOENIX INTL	Active civil airport	00093	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=ZJSY	18.3° N / 109.41° E
SAKON NAKHON	Active civil airport	00529	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=VTUI	17.2° N / 104.12° E
UDON THANI	Active civil airport	00579	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=VTUD	17.39° N / 102.79° E
WUJIABA	Active civil airport	06217	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=ZPPP	24.99° N / 102.74° E
WUXU	Active civil airport	00420	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=ZGNN	22.61° N / 108.17° E
DANANG INTL	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00033	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=VVDN	16.04° N / 108.2° E
NOIBAI INTL	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00039	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=VVNB	21.22° N / 105.81° E
WATTAY INTL	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00564	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=VLVT	17.99° N / 102.56° E
WOODY ISLAND	Active military airport	00045		16.83° N / 112.34° E

Nuclear Power Plants

Name	Country	Number of Reactors	Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.

Environment

Urban/Rural Mask (SEDAC)

Land Cover	Area (km2)	%
Urban	36,037	2
Rural	1,229,596	74
Not classified	392,685	24

MODIS IGBP Land Cover
(excluding water area)

Land Cover	Area (km2)	%
Croplands	408,921	33
Evergreen Broadleaf Forest	305,498	24
Woody Savannas	172,116	14
Cropland/Natural Vegetation Mosaic	135,164	11
Mixed Forests	124,231	10
Closed Shrublands	56,800	5
Grasslands	17,101	1.4
Deciduous Broadleaf Forest	14,060	1.1
Open Shrublands	6,602	0.5
Savannas	6,020	0.5
Unclassified	4,615	0.4
Evergreen Needleleaf Forest	1,449	0.1
Permanent Wetlands	764	0.06
Urban and Built-Up	688	0.05
Deciduous Needleleaf Forest	279	0.02
Barren or Sparsely Vegetated	283	0.02

Elevation (meters)
(land only)

Minimum	Maximum	Average
-10	4,081	729

Average Temperature (degrees C)

	Oct	Nov	Dec
low	17.7	14.1	9.4
high	25.7	22.6	19.5

Average Precipitation

	Oct	Nov	Dec
mm/day	4.1	2.4	0.8

Current Meteorological Observations (METAR)

Station Name	Observation Time (UTC)	Temp (F)	Wind Speed (MPH)	Wind Direction	Sky Condition	Lat / Long
DA NANG INTL ARP	Mon Oct 29 2012 03:00	87.8F	5.0	N	Few clouds 1500 ft. Broken clouds 25000 ft.	16.02° N / 108.17° E
HANOI/NOIBAI INT	Mon Oct 29 2012 03:00	73.4F	16.0	WNW	Scattered clouds 2300 ft. Broken clouds 6000 ft.	21.22° N / 105.8° E
SANYA/FENGHUANG	Mon Oct 29 2012 03:00	82.4F	9.0	SE	Scattered clouds 1500 ft. Broken clouds 6000 ft.	18.3° N / 109.42° E
VIENTIANE/WATTAY	Mon Oct 29 2012 03:00	86F	2.0	NNW	Scattered clouds 1700 ft. Few clouds 5000 ft.	17.93° N / 102.57° E

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