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Region Selected: Lower Left Latitude/Longitude: 37.34 N°, 140.48 E° Upper Right Latitude/Longitude: 49.34 N°, 152.48 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
None found for the area chosen.

Active Volcanoes

Name	Region	Activity	Primary Observatory	More Information	Last Updated	Lat/Long
Chirpoi	Russia	Ongoing Activity	Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team	GVP Site Link	Wed Nov 25 05:18:16 HST 2015	46.52° N / 150.88° E
Grozny Group	Russia	Unknown	Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team	GVP Site Link	Wed Apr 10 09:11:19 HST 2013	45.03° N / 147.92° E
Moyorodake [Medvezhia]	Japan - administered by Russia	Unknown	Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team	GVP Site Link	Wed Mar 25 07:28:06 HST 2015	45.39° N / 148.84° E
Medvezhia	Russia	Unknown	Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team	GVP Site Link	Wed Jan 16 07:58:01 HST 2013	45.39° N / 148.84° E
Kolokol Group	Russia	Unknown	Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team	GVP Site Link	Wed Sep 02 08:11:41 HST 2009	46.04° N / 150.05° E
Tiatia	Russia	Unknown	Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team	GVP Site Link	Wed Sep 05 08:43:27 HST 2012	44.35° N / 146.26° E
Ketoi	Russia	Unknown	Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team	GVP Site Link	Wed Sep 04 08:08:27 HST 2013	47.35° N / 152.48° 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
65

5 Most Recent Earthquakes

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Intensity	Deaths	Location	Lat / Long
Dec 07 2012 08:18	7.3	36			JAPAN: HONSHU: MIYAGI PREFECTURE	37.89° N / 144.09° E
Mar 14 2012 09:08	6.9	12			JAPAN: HOKKAIDO	40.89° N / 144.94° E
Jul 10 2011 00:57	7.0	23			JAPAN: HONSHU: E COAST	38.03° N / 143.26° E
Apr 07 2011 14:32	7.1	42		3	JAPAN: NEAR E COAST HONSHU	38.28° N / 141.59° E
Mar 11 2011 06:25	7.6	19			JAPAN: OFF EAST COAST HONSHU	38.06° N / 144.59° E

5 Largest Earthquakes

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Intensity	Deaths	Location	Lat / Long
Mar 11 2011 05:46	9.0	29		2000	JAPAN: HONSHU	38.3° N / 142.37° E
Jun 05 1898 00:00	8.7	60		0	JAPAN: OFF EAST COAST HONSHU	38.0° N / 143.0° E
Jul 13 0869 00:00	8.6	0		0	JAPAN: SANRIKU	38.5° N / 143.8° E
Oct 13 1963 00:05	8.5	47	9	0	RUSSIA: KURIL ISLANDS	44.81° N / 149.54° E
Apr 25 1843 00:00	8.4	0		0	JAPAN: HOKKAIDO: YEZO, KUSHIRO, NEMURO	42.0° N / 146.0° E

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

Last 100 Years Eruptions

Count
96

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
HAKKODA	Dec 12 1997 00:00	2.0	JAPAN	40.65° N / 140.88° 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
Dec 07 2012 00:00	JAPAN	ISHINOMAKI	1.0		38.42° N / 141.27° E
Mar 14 2012 00:00	JAPAN	HACHINOHE	0.2		40.53° N / 141.53° E
Mar 11 2011 00:00	JAPAN	Iwate Prefecture, Tohoku Region	55.9		39.32° N / 141.97° E
Mar 09 2011 03:08	JAPAN	OFUNATO	0.6		39.02° N / 141.75° E
Feb 27 2010 04:56	JAPAN	HANASAKI	0.8	0	43.28° N / 145.57° E

5 Largest Tsunami Runups

Date(UTC)	Country	Location	Runup(meters)	Deaths	Lat / Long
Mar 11 2011 00:00	JAPAN	Iwate Prefecture, Tohoku Region	55.9		39.32° N / 141.97° 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
Dec 02 1611 00:00	JAPAN	TARO	25.0	0	39.76° N / 141.97° E
Oct 20 1963 00:00	RUSSIA	URUP, KURILSKIYE	15.0	0	46.2° N / 150.55° 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)
154-177

Demography

Population 2001

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
11,907,967	29,785

Population 2002

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
11,772,496	25,349

Population 2006

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
11,786,766	27,569

Population 2007

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
11,569,247	27,496

Countries

Country
Japan
Russia

Major Cities

Country	Name	Population	Status	Lat / Long
Japan	Sapporo	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	Provincial capital	43.06° N / 141.35° 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
Russia	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	46.96° N / 142.75° E

Infrastructure

Airports

Name	Type	Elevation (Ft.)	Link	Lat / Long
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
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
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
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
KHOMUTOVO	Active civil airport	00059	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=UHSS	46.89° N / 142.72° 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
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
WAKKANAI	Active civil airport	00030	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RJCW	45.4° N / 141.8° 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
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
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

Nuclear Power Plants

Name	Country	Number of Reactors	Lat / Long
FUKUSHIMA-DAIICHI	JAPAN	6	37.42° N / 141.03° E
HIGASHI DORI	JAPAN	1	41.27° N / 141.32° E
ONAGAWA	JAPAN	3	38.4° N / 141.5° E
TOMARI	JAPAN	2	43.03° N / 140.52° E

Environment

Urban/Rural Mask (SEDAC)

Land Cover	Area (km2)	%
Urban	21,688	1.7
Rural	120,150	9
Not classified	1,153,522	89

MODIS IGBP Land Cover
(excluding water area)

Land Cover	Area (km2)	%
Mixed Forests	48,640	35
Deciduous Broadleaf Forest	39,542	28
Woody Savannas	14,190	10
Croplands	12,935	9
Cropland/Natural Vegetation Mosaic	11,282	8
Deciduous Needleleaf Forest	3,454	2
Unclassified	2,103	1.5
Evergreen Needleleaf Forest	1,917	1.4
Open Shrublands	1,655	1.2
Permanent Wetlands	1,546	1.1
Savannas	1,387	1
Grasslands	943	0.7
Urban and Built-Up	481	0.3
Closed Shrublands	131	0.09
Evergreen Broadleaf Forest	28	0.02
Barren or Sparsely Vegetated	12	0.01

Elevation (meters)
(land only)

Minimum	Maximum	Average
-5	2,148	304

Average Temperature (degrees C)

	Nov	Dec	Jan
low	-1.6	-6.6	-11.0
high	6.0	.3	-3.5

Average Precipitation

	Nov	Dec	Jan
mm/day	3.5	2.6	2.1

Current Meteorological Observations (METAR)

Station Name	Observation Time (UTC)	Temp (F)	Wind Speed (MPH)	Wind Direction	Sky Condition	Lat / Long
CHITOSE (JASDF/C	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:37	37.4F	10.0	SSE	Few clouds 100 ft. Broken clouds 2500 ft.	42.77° N / 141.7° E
SAPPORO (JGSDF/C	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:30	37.4F	9.0	ESE	Scattered clouds 500 ft. Scattered clouds 2000 ft. Broken clouds 3500 ft.	43.12° N / 141.37° E
SENDAI AIRPORT	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:00	53.6F	9.0	ENE	Few clouds 1500 ft. Scattered clouds 4000 ft.	38.12° N / 140.92° E

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