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
None found for the area chosen.

Active Volcanoes

Name	Region	Activity	Primary Observatory	More Information	Last Updated	Lat/Long
Sakurajima	Japan	Ongoing Activity	Sakurajima Volcano Observatory	GVP Site Link	Wed Jun 19 07:59:54 HST 2013	31.59° N / 130.66° E
Kirishima	Japan	Unknown	Kirishima Volcano Observatory	GVP Site Link	Wed Sep 07 07:46:01 HST 2011	31.93° N / 130.86° E
Kikai	Japan	Unknown	Japan Meteorological Agency	GVP Site Link	Wed Jun 05 08:27:53 HST 2013	30.79° N / 130.31° E
Aso	Japan	Unknown	Aso Volcanological Laboratory	GVP Site Link	Wed Jun 15 08:00:25 HST 2011	32.88° N / 131.11° E
Kuchinoerabu-jima	Japan	Unknown	Japan Meteorological Agency	GVP Site Link	Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 HST 2009	30.44° N / 130.22° E
Suwanose-jima	Japan	Unknown	Japan Meteorological Agency	GVP Site Link	Wed Oct 10 08:27:29 HST 2012	29.63° N / 129.72° E
Sakura-jima	Japan	Unknown	Sakurajima Volcano Observatory	GVP Site Link	Wed Jun 05 08:27:53 HST 2013	31.58° N / 130.66° E

Recent Hotspots (Fire)

Date of First Obs(UTC)	Date of Last Obs(UTC)	Description	Mean Lat.	Mean Long.
16-Mar-2013	16-Mar-2013	Small fire/Medium intensity	32.75 N	130.98 E

Historical Hazards

Historical Earthquakes
(Resulting in significant damage or deaths)

Last 50 Years

Count
17

5 Most Recent Earthquakes

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Intensity	Deaths	Location	Lat / Long
Feb 26 2010 00:20	7.0	25		0	JAPAN: TORI SHIMA, OKINAWA	25.93° N / 128.42° E
Jun 11 2006 00:20	6.3	140		0	JAPAN: KYUSHU	33.13° N / 131.14° E
Mar 20 2005 00:01	6.6	10		1	JAPAN: KYUSHU: FUKUOKA, GENKAI	33.81° N / 130.13° E
Mar 26 1997 00:08	6.1	10	6	0	JAPAN: KYUSHU, KAGOSHIMA	31.92° N / 130.43° E
Dec 02 1996 00:22	6.7	49		0	JAPAN: KYUSHU	31.79° N / 131.31° E

5 Largest Earthquakes

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Deaths	Location	Lat / Long
Jun 15 1911 00:14	8.7	160	12	JAPAN: RYUKYU ISLANDS	29.0° N / 129.0° E
Feb 01 1916 00:07	8.0	33	0	JAPAN: DUDA	29.5° N / 131.5° E
Aug 24 1904 00:20	7.9	25	0	JAPAN: KYUSHU	30.0° N / 130.0° E
Jun 24 1901 00:07	7.9	60	0	JAPAN: RYUKYU ISLANDS	27.0° N / 130.0° E
Nov 10 1909 00:06	7.9	190	0	JAPAN: KYUSHU	32.0° N / 131.0° E

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

Last 100 Years Eruptions

Count
118

5 Most Recent Eruptions

Name	Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Location	Lat / Long
SAKURA-JIMA	Nov 01 1999 00:00	1.0	KYUSHU-JAPAN	31.58° N / 130.67° E
SAKURA-JIMA	Jan 28 1998 00:00	1.0	KYUSHU-JAPAN	31.58° N / 130.67° E
SAKURA-JIMA	Dec 13 1997 00:00	2.0	KYUSHU-JAPAN	31.58° N / 130.67° E
SAKURA-JIMA	Dec 11 1997 00:00	2.0	KYUSHU-JAPAN	31.58° N / 130.67° E
SUWANOSE-JIMA	Dec 02 1996 00:00	2.0	RYUKYU IS	29.53° N / 129.72° 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)	Lat / Long
Feb 27 2010 07:54	JAPAN	NAHA	0.2	26.22° N / 127.67° E
Feb 26 2010 00:00	JAPAN	NANJO SHI AZAMA	0.1	26.14° N / 127.77° E
Nov 15 2006 00:00	JAPAN	NAZE	0.4	28.38° N / 129.5° E
Sep 08 2002 00:00	JAPAN	MAKURAZAKI	0.1	31.27° N / 130.3° E
Jun 23 2001 00:00	JAPAN	ABURATSU	0.1	31.58° N / 131.42° E

5 Largest Tsunami Runups

Date(UTC)	Country	Location	Runup(meters)	Lat / Long
May 21 1792 00:00	JAPAN	SHIMABARA	55.0	32.8° N / 130.35° E
May 13 1791 00:00	JAPAN	RYUKYU ISLAND, OSATO	11.0	26.0° N / 126.0° E
Apr 24 1771 00:00	JAPAN	OKAWA	9.2	33.22° N / 130.35° E
Dec 07 1944 00:00	JAPAN	GATA	7.9	31.42° N / 130.2° E
May 16 1968 00:00	JAPAN	SAMENOURA BAY	6.0	31.85° N / 130.28° 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)
250+

Demography

Population 2001

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
118,381,256	110,371

Population 2002

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
118,245,504	113,800

Population 2006

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
122,584,168	99,039

Population 2007

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
122,265,152	98,946

Countries

Country
China
Japan
Korea, Republic of
Taiwan

Major Cities

Country	Name	Population	Status	Lat / Long
China	Shanghai	5,000,000 and greater	Provincial capital	31.25° N / 121.47° E
China	Qingdao	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	Other	36.15° N / 120.43° E
Japan	Fukuoka	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	Provincial capital	33.58° N / 130.4° E
Japan	Kita Kyushu	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	Other	33.68° N / 130.8° E
South Korea	Pusan	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	Provincial capital enclave	35.16° N / 129.05° E
South Korea	Taegu	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	Provincial capital enclave	35.86° N / 128.59° E
South Korea	Taejon	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	Provincial capital	36.32° N / 127.43° E
South Korea	Chonju	500,000 to 1,000,000	Provincial capital	35.82° N / 127.13° E
South Korea	Kwangju	500,000 to 1,000,000	Provincial capital enclave	35.15° N / 126.91° E
Japan	Nagasaki	250,000 to 500,000	Other	32.76° N / 129.87° E
Japan	Naha	250,000 to 500,000	Provincial capital	26.21° N / 127.69° E
Japan	Shimonoseki	250,000 to 500,000	Other	33.95° N / 130.93° E
South Korea	Ch'ungju	250,000 to 500,000	Provincial capital	36.63° N / 127.5° E
South Korea	Cheju	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	33.51° N / 126.53° E

Infrastructure

Airports

Name	Type	Elevation (Ft.)	Link	Lat / Long
AMAKUSA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00340	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJDA	32.48° N / 130.16° E
AMAMI	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00027	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJKA	28.43° N / 129.71° E
FUKUE	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00273	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJFE	32.67° N / 128.83° E
IE JIMA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00246	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RORE	26.72° N / 127.78° E
IE SHIMA AUX AB	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00184	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RODE	26.73° N / 127.76° E
IKI	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00052	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJDB	33.75° N / 129.79° E
IWAMI	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00184	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJOW	34.68° N / 131.79° E
JINHAE	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00008	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKPE	35.14° N / 128.7° E
KIKAI	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00021	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJKI	28.32° N / 129.93° E
KITADAITO	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00080	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RORK	25.95° N / 131.32° E
KUMEJIMA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00023	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=ROKJ	26.36° N / 126.71° E
MINAMI DAITO	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00167	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=ROMD	25.85° N / 131.26° E
OKIERABU	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00101	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJKB	27.43° N / 128.7° E
POHANG	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00070	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKTH	35.99° N / 129.42° E
R 500	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00066		36.11° N / 127.1° E
R 505	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00082	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKUC	36.57° N / 127.3° E
R 522	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00546		36.18° N / 127.83° E
R 526	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00197		36.58° N / 126.66° E
R 530	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00091		36.76° N / 126.33° E
R 536	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00104	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKUL	36.26° N / 127.12° E
R 710	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00132		35.34° N / 127.02° E
R 712	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00030		35.31° N / 126.5° E
SAGA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00006	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJFS	33.15° N / 130.3° E
TANEGASHIMA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00319	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJFG	30.55° N / 130.95° E
TOKUNOSHIMA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00017	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJKN	27.84° N / 128.88° E
TSUSHIMA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00213	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJDT	34.28° N / 129.33° E
ULSAN	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00042	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKPU	35.59° N / 129.35° E
YAKUSHIMA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00123	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJFC	30.39° N / 130.66° E
YEOSU	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00068	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKJY	34.84° N / 127.62° E
YORON	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00052	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RORY	27.04° N / 128.4° E
HONGQIAO INTL	Active civil airport	00010	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=ZSSS	31.2° N / 121.34° E
JEJU INTL	Active civil airport	00118	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKPC	33.51° N / 126.49° E
JEONGSEOK	Active civil airport	01171	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKPD	33.4° N / 126.71° E
KAGOSHIMA	Active civil airport	00906	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJFK	31.8° N / 130.72° E
KITAKYUSHU	Active civil airport	00018	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJFR	33.84° N / 130.95° E
LISHE	Active civil airport	00013	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=ZSNB	29.82° N / 121.47° E
LIUTING	Active civil airport	00032	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=ZSQD	36.26° N / 120.38° E
MIYAZAKI	Active civil airport	00020	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJFM	31.88° N / 131.45° E
OITA	Active civil airport	00019	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJFO	33.48° N / 131.74° E
PUDONG	Active civil airport	00011	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=ZSPD	31.14° N / 121.79° E
XIAOSHAN	Active civil airport	00023	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=ZSHC	30.23° N / 120.43° E
YAMAGUCHI UBE	Active civil airport	00023	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJDC	33.93° N / 131.28° E
CHEONGJU INTL	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00191	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKTU	36.72° N / 127.5° E
DAEGU AB	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00116	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKTN	35.89° N / 128.66° E
FUKUOKA	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00032	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJFF	33.59° N / 130.45° E
GIMHAE INTL	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00013	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKPK	35.18° N / 128.94° E
GWANGJU	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00048	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKJJ	35.13° N / 126.81° E
JEONJU	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00096	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKJU	35.88° N / 127.12° E
KUMAMOTO	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00642	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJFT	32.84° N / 130.86° E
MOKPO	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00023	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKJM	34.76° N / 126.38° E
NAGASAKI	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00015	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJFU	32.92° N / 129.92° E
NAHA	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00011	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=ROAH	26.2° N / 127.65° E
A 511	Active military airport	00051	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKSG	36.96° N / 127.03° E
ASHIYA	Active military airport	00098	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJFA	33.88° N / 130.65° E
FUTENMA MCAS	Active military airport	00246	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=ROTM	26.28° N / 127.76° E
HOFU	Active military airport	00007	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJOF	34.03° N / 131.55° E
JUNGWON AB	Active military airport	00281	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKTI	37.03° N / 127.89° E
KADENA AB	Active military airport	00143	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RODN	26.36° N / 127.77° E
KANOYA	Active military airport	00214	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJFY	31.37° N / 130.85° E
KUNSAN AB	Active military airport	00029	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKJK	35.9° N / 126.62° E
NYUTABARU	Active military airport	00259	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJFN	32.08° N / 131.45° E
OSAN AB	Active military airport	00040	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKSO	37.09° N / 127.03° E
OZUKI	Active military airport	00013	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJOZ	34.05° N / 131.05° E
SACHEON AB	Active military airport	00025	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKPS	35.09° N / 128.07° E
SEONGMU	Active military airport	00258	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKTE	36.57° N / 127.5° E
SEOSAN AB	Active military airport	00039	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKTP	36.7° N / 126.49° E
TSUIKI	Active military airport	00055	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJFZ	33.69° N / 131.04° E
YECHEON	Active military airport	00354	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKTY	36.63° N / 128.35° E

Nuclear Power Plants

Name	Country	Number of Reactors	Lat / Long
CHIN SHAN	TAIWAN	2	25.28° N / 121.57° E
GENKAI	JAPAN	4	33.52° N / 129.83° E
KORI	REPUBLIC OF KOREA	4	35.32° N / 129.3° E
KUOSHENG	TAIWAN	2	25.22° N / 121.65° E
QINSHAN	CHINA	5	30.45° N / 120.93° E
SENDAI	JAPAN	2	31.82° N / 130.18° E
ULCHIN	REPUBLIC OF KOREA	6	37.1° N / 129.38° E
WOLSONG	REPUBLIC OF KOREA	4	35.72° N / 129.48° E
YONGGWANG	REPUBLIC OF KOREA	6	35.42° N / 126.42° E

Environment

Urban/Rural Mask (SEDAC)

Land Cover	Area (km2)	%
Urban	39,776	3
Rural	181,634	12
Not classified	1,303,702	85

MODIS IGBP Land Cover
(excluding water area)

Land Cover	Area (km2)	%
Mixed Forests	92,464	42
Croplands	62,667	29
Cropland/Natural Vegetation Mosaic	26,973	12
Evergreen Broadleaf Forest	8,070	4
Unclassified	7,703	4
Evergreen Needleleaf Forest	3,931	1.8
Open Shrublands	3,623	1.7
Deciduous Broadleaf Forest	2,983	1.4
Woody Savannas	2,423	1.1
Closed Shrublands	2,245	1
Savannas	2,141	1
Urban and Built-Up	1,182	0.5
Grasslands	691	0.3
Deciduous Needleleaf Forest	373	0.2
Barren or Sparsely Vegetated	255	0.1
Permanent Wetlands	59	0.03
Snow and Ice	3	0

Elevation (meters)
(land only)

Minimum	Maximum	Average
-46	1,819	189

Average Temperature (degrees C)

	Jun	Jul	Aug
low	18.4	22.4	22.5
high	26.0	29.3	29.9

Average Precipitation

	Jun	Jul	Aug
mm/day	7.7	8.3	6.6

Current Meteorological Observations (METAR)

Station Name	Observation Time (UTC)	Temp (F)	Wind Speed (MPH)	Wind Direction	Sky Condition	Lat / Long
BUSAN/KIMHAE INT	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:00	50F	3.0	WNW		35.17° N / 128.92° E
CHEONGDO TMQ-53P	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:40	44.6F	7.0	SSW		35.65° N / 128.72° E
DAESAN TMQ-53P	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:40	37.4F	10.0	NNW	Overcast 500 ft.	36.97° N / 126.45° E
FUKUOKA/ITAZUKE	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:30	55.4F	3.0	S	Clear sky.	33.57° N / 130.43° E
GUMI TMQ-53P	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:40	46.4F	3.0	ENE		36.1° N / 128.3° E
KAGOSHIMA AIRPOR	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:00	53.6F	8.0	NW		31.8° N / 130.72° E
NAHA (CIV/JASDF)	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:30	69.8F	6.0	NE	Few clouds 1500 ft.	26.17° N / 127.65° E
QINGDAO/TSINGTAO	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:00	41F	9.0	SE	Scattered clouds 1100 ft. Broken clouds 3000 ft.	36.07° N / 120.32° E
SANGJU TMQ-53P	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:40	46.4F	1.0	NE		36.4° N / 128.15° E
SHANGHAI/HONGQIA	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:30	57.2F	9.0	SSE		31.2° N / 121.43° E
SHANGHAI/PUDONG	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:30	55.4F	9.0	S		31.12° N / 121.77° E
TAEGU (US/KOR-AF	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:00	44.6F	3.0	ESE		35.88° N / 128.65° E

End.

Jun 20, 2013 4:15 PM	Jun 20, 2013 10:15 AM	Jun 21, 2013 5:15 AM	Jun 21, 2013 1:45 AM	Jun 20, 2013 8:15 PM
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