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Region Selected: Lower Left Latitude/Longitude: 30.4 N°, 125.6 E° Upper Right Latitude/Longitude: 42.4 N°, 137.6 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
GONI	25-Aug-2015	69.0	86.0	NNE	14.0	Tropical Storm	mb	36.4 N / 131.6 E

Active Volcanoes

Name	Region	Activity	Primary Observatory	More Information	Last Updated	Lat/Long
Aira	Japan	New Activity	Sakurajima Volcano Observatory	GVP Site Link	Wed Aug 19 06:36:51 HST 2015	31.59° N / 130.66° 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
Kikai	Japan	Unknown	Japan Meteorological Agency	GVP Site Link	Wed Jun 05 08:27:53 HST 2013	30.79° N / 130.31° E
Kirishima	Japan	Unknown	Kirishima Volcano Observatory	GVP Site Link	Wed Sep 07 07:46:01 HST 2011	31.93° N / 130.86° E
Asosan	Japan	Unknown	Aso Volcanological Laboratory	GVP Site Link	Wed May 06 07:32:23 HST 2015	32.88° N / 131.1° E
Aso	Japan	Unknown	Aso Volcanological Laboratory	GVP Site Link	Wed Jun 15 08:00:25 HST 2011	32.88° N / 131.11° E
Kuchinoerabujima	Japan	Unknown	Japan Meteorological Agency	GVP Site Link	Wed Jun 10 07:40:49 HST 2015	30.44° N / 130.22° 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
Kirishimayama	Japan	Unknown	Kirishima Volcano Observatory	GVP Site Link	Thu Oct 31 12:14:44 HST 2013	31.93° N / 130.86° E
Ontakesan	Japan	Unknown	Japan Meteorological Agency	GVP Site Link	Wed Jul 08 06:47:24 HST 2015	35.89° N / 137.48° 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
26

5 Most Recent Earthquakes

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Intensity	Deaths	Location	Lat / Long
Apr 15 2007 00:03	4.6	16		0	JAPAN: HONSHU: W	34.81° N / 136.24° E
Mar 25 2007 00:00	6.7	8		1	JAPAN: HONSHU: W COAST	37.34° N / 136.59° 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
Sep 05 2004 00:14	7.4	10		0	JAPAN: HONSHU: W COAST: KYOTO, WAKAYAMA, SAKAI	33.18° N / 137.07° E

5 Largest Earthquakes

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Intensity	Deaths	Location	Lat / Long
Aug 26 0887 00:00	8.6	0		0	JAPAN: NANKAIDO	33.0° N / 135.3° E
Oct 27 1891 00:21	8.4	0		7273	JAPAN: MINO-OWARI	35.5° N / 137.0° E
Dec 24 1854 00:08	8.4	0		0	JAPAN: NANKAIDO	33.1° N / 135.0° E
Nov 29 0684 00:00	8.4	0		0	JAPAN	32.5° N / 134.0° E
Aug 03 1361 00:00	8.4	0		0	JAPAN: NANKAIDO	33.0° N / 135.0° E

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

Last 100 Years Eruptions

Count
104

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
KUJU GROUP	Jan 13 1996 00:00	1.0	KYUSHU-JAPAN	33.08° N / 131.25° 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
Oct 28 2012 00:00	JAPAN	ABURATSU	0.1		31.58° N / 131.42° E
Aug 31 2012 16:23	JAPAN	KUSHIMOTO	0.2		33.47° N / 135.78° E
Mar 11 2011 00:00	JAPAN	Tokushima Pref., Shikoku Region	3.5		33.85° N / 134.62° E
Dec 21 2010 00:00	JAPAN	TOSA-SHIMIZU	0.1	0	32.78° N / 132.97° E
Feb 27 2010 06:38	JAPAN	TOSA-SHIMIZU	0.7	0	32.78° N / 132.97° E

5 Largest Tsunami Runups

Date(UTC)	Country	Location	Runup(meters)	Deaths	Lat / Long
May 21 1792 00:00	JAPAN	SHIMABARA	55.0	0	32.8° N / 130.35° E
Jun 15 1896 00:00	JAPAN	SHIRAHAMA	38.2	0	33.68° N / 135.38° E
Dec 24 1854 00:00	JAPAN	KOCHI PREFECTURE	28.0	0	33.59° N / 133.55° E
Oct 28 1707 00:00	JAPAN	KURE	25.7	0	33.33° N / 133.25° E
Dec 23 1854 00:00	JAPAN	TOBA	21.0	74	34.48° N / 136.82° 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)
127,243,240	105,594

Population 2002

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
127,444,104	101,453

Population 2006

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
129,615,424	68,082

Population 2007

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
129,580,624	71,321

Countries

Country
China
Japan
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, Republic of
Russia

Major Cities

Country	Name	Population	Status	Lat / Long
South Korea	Seoul	5,000,000 and greater	National capital and provincial capital enclave	37.54° N / 126.94° E
Japan	Fukuoka	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	Provincial capital	33.58° N / 130.4° E
Japan	Hiroshima	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	Provincial capital	34.38° N / 132.45° E
Japan	Kita Kyushu	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	Other	33.68° N / 130.8° E
Japan	Kobe	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	Other	34.69° N / 135.22° E
Japan	Kyoto	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	Other	35.01° N / 135.76° E
Japan	Nagoya	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	Provincial capital	35.15° N / 136.92° E
Japan	Osaka	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	Provincial capital	34.64° N / 135.52° E
North Korea	P'yongyang	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	National and provincial capital	39.03° N / 125.76° E
South Korea	Inch`on	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	Other	37.49° N / 126.63° 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	Gifu	250,000 to 500,000	Provincial capital	35.41° N / 136.76° E
Japan	Matsuyama	250,000 to 500,000	Provincial capital	33.83° N / 132.77° E
Japan	Nagasaki	250,000 to 500,000	Other	32.76° N / 129.87° E
Japan	Shimonoseki	250,000 to 500,000	Other	33.95° N / 130.93° E
North Korea	Ch'ongjin	250,000 to 500,000	Provincial capital	41.78° N / 129.78° E
North Korea	Kaesong	250,000 to 500,000	Provincial capital	37.97° N / 126.57° E
North Korea	Wonsan	250,000 to 500,000	Provincial capital	39.15° N / 127.46° E
South Korea	Ch'ungju	250,000 to 500,000	Provincial capital	36.63° N / 127.5° E
North Korea	Haeju	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	38.04° N / 125.71° E
North Korea	Hamhung	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	39.91° N / 127.56° E
North Korea	Kanggye	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	40.97° N / 126.6° E
South Korea	Ch'unch'on	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	37.86° N / 127.73° E
South Korea	Cheju	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	33.51° N / 126.53° E
North Korea	Hyesan	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	41.39° N / 128.17° E
North Korea	Sariwon	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	38.51° N / 125.76° 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
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
FUKUI	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00019	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJNF	36.14° N / 136.22° 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
IZUMO	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00015	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJOC	35.41° N / 132.89° 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
KOCHI	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00031	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJOK	33.54° N / 133.67° E
KOHNAN	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00003	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJBK	34.59° N / 133.93° E
NANKI SHIRAHAMA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00298	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJBD	33.66° N / 135.36° E
OKI	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00311	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJNO	36.18° N / 133.32° 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 103	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00092		37.47° N / 126.75° E
R 107	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00045		37.72° N / 126.56° E
R 110	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00065		37.76° N / 126.79° E
R 113	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00064	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKRS	37.6° N / 126.87° E
R 129	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00127		37.96° N / 126.92° E
R 203	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00080		37.64° N / 127.15° E
R 213	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00420		37.82° N / 127.35° E
R 217	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00328	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKRO	37.87° N / 127.17° E
R 218	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00381		37.9° N / 126.97° E
R 219	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00317		37.91° N / 127.01° E
R 222	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00287	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKRA	37.83° N / 126.99° E
R 225	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00100		38.02° N / 126.97° E
R 227	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00220		38.02° N / 127.11° E
R 228	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00228		38.03° N / 127.14° E
R 231	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00464		38.03° N / 127.37° E
R 233	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00340		38.08° N / 127.27° E
R 237	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00530		38.16° N / 127.31° E
R 238	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00262		38.18° N / 127.1° E
R 239	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00630		38.2° N / 127.22° E
R 240	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00630		38.25° N / 127.38° E
R 301	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00230		37.5° N / 127.63° E
R 307	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00270		37.93° N / 127.76° E
R 311	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00590		38.05° N / 127.8° E
R 312	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00942		38.07° N / 127.52° E
R 314	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00600		38.14° N / 127.74° E
R 317	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00750		38.22° N / 127.65° E
R 404	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00655		38.09° N / 127.99° E
R 405	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00721		38.12° N / 128.04° E
R 406	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00656		38.14° N / 128.01° E
R 412	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00950		38.24° N / 128.21° E
R 413	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00031		38.38° N / 128.46° E
R 414	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00672		38.11° N / 128.2° E
R 417	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	01722		37.65° N / 128.57° E
R 419	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00450		37.7° N / 127.9° E
R 420	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00900		37.96° N / 128.31° E
R 500	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00066		36.11° N / 127.1° E
R 501	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00243		37.29° N / 127.23° 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 605	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00953		37.16° N / 128.22° 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
TAJIMA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00584	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJBT	35.51° N / 134.79° 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
TOTTORI	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00065	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJOR	35.53° N / 134.17° 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
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
YANGYANG INTL	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00241	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKNY	38.06° N / 128.67° 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
GIMPO INTL	Active civil airport	00058	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKSS	37.56° N / 126.79° E
HIROSHIMA	Active civil airport	01088	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJOA	34.44° N / 132.92° E
HIROSHIMANISHI	Active civil airport	00015	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJBH	34.37° N / 132.41° E
INCHEON INTL	Active civil airport	00023	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKSI	37.47° N / 126.45° 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
KANSAI INTL	Active civil airport	00026	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJBB	34.43° N / 135.24° E
KITAKYUSHU	Active civil airport	00018	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJFR	33.84° N / 130.95° E
MATSUYAMA	Active civil airport	00025	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJOM	33.83° N / 132.7° 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
OKAYAMA	Active civil airport	00806	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJOB	34.76° N / 133.86° E
OSAKA INTL	Active civil airport	00050	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJOO	34.79° N / 135.44° E
SUNAN INTL	Active civil airport	00102	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=ZKPY	39.22° N / 125.67° E
TAKAMATSU	Active civil airport	00607	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJOT	34.21° N / 134.02° 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
GANGNEUNG	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00035	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKNN	37.75° N / 128.94° 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
KOMATSU	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00036	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJNK	36.39° N / 136.41° E
KUMAMOTO	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00642	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJFT	32.84° N / 130.86° E
MIHO	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00020	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJOH	35.49° N / 133.24° 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
NAGOYA	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00052	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJNN	35.26° N / 136.92° E
TOKUSHIMA	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00026	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJOS	34.13° N / 134.61° E
WONJU	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00329	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKNW	37.44° N / 127.96° E
YAO	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00039	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJOY	34.6° N / 135.6° E
A 306	Active military airport	00245	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RKNC	37.88° N / 127.72° E

Nuclear Power Plants

Name	Country	Number of Reactors	Lat / Long
FUGEN ATR	JAPAN	1	35.75° N / 136.02° E
GENKAI	JAPAN	4	33.52° N / 129.83° E
IKATA	JAPAN	3	33.48° N / 132.32° E
KORI	REPUBLIC OF KOREA	4	35.32° N / 129.3° E
MIHAMA	JAPAN	3	35.7° N / 135.97° E
MONJU	JAPAN	1	35.77° N / 136.0° E
OHI	JAPAN	4	35.53° N / 135.65° E
SENDAI	JAPAN	2	31.82° N / 130.18° E
SHIKA	JAPAN	2	37.05° N / 136.73° E
SHIMANE	JAPAN	2	35.53° N / 133.0° E
TAKAHAMA	JAPAN	4	35.52° N / 135.52° E
TSURUGA	JAPAN	2	35.75° N / 136.02° 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	69,325	5
Rural	323,541	23
Not classified	1,040,744	73

MODIS IGBP Land Cover
(excluding water area)

Land Cover	Area (km2)	%
Mixed Forests	255,642	66
Croplands	52,309	14
Cropland/Natural Vegetation Mosaic	26,971	7
Deciduous Broadleaf Forest	13,649	4
Evergreen Broadleaf Forest	9,732	3
Unclassified	6,744	1.7
Evergreen Needleleaf Forest	4,415	1.1
Open Shrublands	4,102	1.1
Closed Shrublands	3,359	0.9
Woody Savannas	2,918	0.8
Urban and Built-Up	3,150	0.8
Savannas	1,400	0.4
Grasslands	1,222	0.3
Deciduous Needleleaf Forest	862	0.2
Permanent Wetlands	99	0.03
Barren or Sparsely Vegetated	125	0.03

Elevation (meters)
(land only)

Minimum	Maximum	Average
-6	2,955	447

Average Temperature (degrees C)

	Aug	Sep	Oct
low	20.0	14.9	8.0
high	28.2	23.8	18.5

Average Precipitation

	Aug	Sep	Oct
mm/day	7.4	6.5	2.7

Current Meteorological Observations (METAR)

Station Name	Observation Time (UTC)	Temp (F)	Wind Speed (MPH)	Wind Direction	Sky Condition	Lat / Long
BANGSAN TMQ-53P	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:30	42.8F	0.0	N		38.2° N / 127.95° E
BUSAN/KIMHAE INT	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:00	50F	3.0	WNW		35.17° N / 128.92° E
CHAJANG NI	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:30	39.2F	2.0	NW	Broken clouds 1000 ft.	37.47° N / 126.45° E
CHEONGDO TMQ-53P	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:40	44.6F	7.0	SSW		35.65° N / 128.72° E
DAEGWALLYEOG	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:40	35.6F	12.0	SW		37.67° N / 128.75° 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
GWANGJUUP	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:40	44.6F	2.0	NNW	Few clouds 1300 ft. Few clouds 1600 ft. Broken clouds 2500 ft.	37.4° N / 127.27° E
HONGCHON	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:30	42.8F	2.0	NNE		37.67° N / 127.88° E
KAGOSHIMA AIRPOR	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:00	53.6F	8.0	NW		31.8° N / 130.72° E
KANSAI INTL	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:30	59F	3.0	W	Few clouds 2000 ft.	34.42° N / 135.25° E
KOMATSU (CIV/JAS	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:00	57.2F	9.0	SSW	Few clouds 1500 ft. Broken clouds 2500 ft. Broken clouds 4000 ft.	36.37° N / 136.42° E
KWANGJEOK	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:40	41F	3.0	E	Overcast 2500 ft.	37.8° N / 126.97° E
MUNSAN TMQ-53P	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:40	39.2F	1.0	NW		37.85° N / 127.55° E
NAGOYA/CHUBU	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:30	57.2F	10.0	W	Few clouds 2000 ft.	34.87° N / 136.8° E
OSAKA INTL/ITAMI	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:00	59F	2.0	N	Few clouds 2000 ft.	34.77° N / 135.43° E
SACHANG-RI	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:40	39.2F	2.0	SE		38.05° N / 127.5° E
SANGJU TMQ-53P	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:40	46.4F	1.0	NE		36.4° N / 128.15° E
SEOUL/KIMPO INTL	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:00	39.2F	9.0	WNW	Overcast 900 ft.	37.53° N / 126.78° E
SINNAM TMQ-53P	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:40	42.8F	3.0	SW		37.95° N / 128.07° E
TAEGU (US/KOR-AF	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:00	44.6F	3.0	ESE		35.88° N / 128.65° E
YANGSU-RI	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:20	44.6F	2.0	W	Few clouds 700 ft. Broken clouds 900 ft.	37.6° N / 127.35° E

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