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Region Selected: Lower Left Latitude/Longitude: 15.8 N°, 101.2 E° Upper Right Latitude/Longitude: 27.8 N°, 113.2 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
HAIYAN	11-Nov-2013	69.0	86.0	N	15.0	Tropical Storm	mb	21.8 N / 107.2 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.
12-Mar-2013	17-Mar-2013	Medium fire/Low intensity	17.65 N	101.9 E
12-Mar-2013	16-Mar-2013	Medium fire/High intensity	18.3 N	102.04 E
12-Mar-2013	17-Mar-2013	Medium fire/Low intensity	17.93 N	102.02 E
13-Mar-2013	15-Mar-2013	Small fire/Medium intensity	15.81 N	107.04 E
13-Mar-2013	15-Mar-2013	Small fire/High intensity	19.38 N	102.42 E
14-Mar-2013	17-Mar-2013	Medium fire/Medium intensity	16.17 N	106.67 E
16-Mar-2013	17-Mar-2013	Small fire/Medium intensity	16.24 N	106.6 E

Historical Hazards

Historical Earthquakes
(Resulting in significant damage or deaths)

Last 50 Years

Count
27

5 Most Recent Earthquakes

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Intensity	Deaths	Location	Lat / Long
Sep 07 2012 03:19	5.5	10		81	CHINA: YUNNAN PROVINCE: ZHAOTONG: YILIANG	27.58° N / 103.99° E
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
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
Sep 12 1850 00:00	7.5	0	10	20650	CHINA: SICHUAN: XICHANG	27.8° N / 102.3° 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
Apr 06 1710 00:00	CHINA	XINHUA, HUNAN PROVINCE	2.0	0	27.75° N / 111.6° E

5 Largest Tsunami Runups

Date(UTC)	Country	Location	Runup(meters)	Deaths	Lat / Long
Apr 06 1710 00:00	CHINA	XINHUA, HUNAN PROVINCE	2.0	0	27.75° N / 111.6° E
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)
231,415,888	68,823

Population 2002

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
232,929,088	78,385

Population 2006

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
239,664,928	97,089

Population 2007

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
241,470,768	95,352

Countries

Country
China
Laos
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	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	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	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
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
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	38,873	2
Rural	1,221,010	74
Not classified	393,858	24

MODIS IGBP Land Cover
(excluding water area)

Land Cover	Area (km2)	%
Croplands	411,037	33
Evergreen Broadleaf Forest	274,191	22
Woody Savannas	182,661	15
Cropland/Natural Vegetation Mosaic	143,403	11
Mixed Forests	123,874	10
Closed Shrublands	56,465	5
Grasslands	21,228	1.7
Deciduous Broadleaf Forest	13,287	1.1
Open Shrublands	7,035	0.6
Savannas	6,346	0.5
Unclassified	4,654	0.4
Evergreen Needleleaf Forest	1,819	0.1
Permanent Wetlands	1,040	0.08
Urban and Built-Up	697	0.06
Deciduous Needleleaf Forest	296	0.02
Barren or Sparsely Vegetated	288	0.02

Elevation (meters)
(land only)

Minimum	Maximum	Average
-13	4,081	736

Average Temperature (degrees C)

	Nov	Dec	Jan
low	13.7	8.9	8.6
high	22.1	18.8	17.9

Average Precipitation

	Nov	Dec	Jan
mm/day	2.3	0.8	0.9

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 Mar 18 2013 23:30	73.4F	3.0	SSW	Few clouds 1500 ft. Broken clouds 25000 ft.	16.02° N / 108.17° E
HANOI/NOIBAI INT	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:30	75.2F	7.0	ESE	Few clouds 300 ft. Scattered clouds 400 ft. Broken clouds 1600 ft.	21.22° N / 105.8° E
SANYA/FENGHUANG	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:00	78.8F	7.0	E	Scattered clouds 1300 ft. Broken clouds 2000 ft.	18.3° N / 109.42° E
VIENTIANE/WATTAY	Mon Mar 18 2013 12:30	87.8F	2.0	S	Scattered clouds 5000 ft.	17.93° N / 102.57° E

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