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[Information about Seismic Intensity at each site]
The map and text below show a) observed Seismic Intensity (1 and above) and its location, b) date and time when the earthquake occurred, and c) epicenter and magnitude of the earthquake.

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Earthquake Information (Information about Seismic Intensity at each site)
Issued at 21:20 JST 15 Dec 2008

Occurred at (JST)	Latitude (degree)	Longitude (degree)	Depth	Magnitude	Region Name
21:14 JST 15 Dec 2008	37.8N	139.7E	10km	4.2	Niigata-ken Kaetsu-chiho

Seismic Intensity at each station
(* mark: Local Governments' or NIED's station)

Prefecture	JMA Seismic Intensity	Station Name
YAMAGATA	2	Iide-machi Nakatsugawa*
	1	Yonezawa-shi Rinsenji*
		Nagai-shi Mamanoue*
		Yamagata Kawanishi-machi Kamikomatsu*
		Yamagata Oguni-machi Iwaizawa
		Yamagata Oguni-machi Oguni-kosakamachi*
		Shirataka-machi Arato*
		Iide-machi Tsubaki*
FUKUSHIMA	2	Aizu-wakamatsu-shi Furukawamachi*
		Kitakata-shi Takasatomachi*
		Nishi-aizu-machi Nozawa
		Nishi-aizu-machi Tosejima*
		Fukushima Kaneyama-machi Kawaguchi*
	1	Aizu-wakamatsu-shi Zaimokumachi
		Aizu-wakamatsu-shi Kita-aizumachi*
		Kitakata-shi Matsuyamamachi*
		Kitakata-shi Atsushio-kanomachi*
		Kitakata-shi Shiokawamachi*
		Kitakata-shi Yamatomachi*
		Bandai-machi Bandai*
		Inawashiro-machi Chiyoda*
		Yugawa-mura Oikawa*
		Yanaizu-machi Yanaizu*
		Mishima-machi Miyashita*
		Aizu-misato-machi Hongo-chosha*
		Aizu-misato-machi Niitsuru-chosha*
		Minami-aizu-machi Sakai*
NIIGATA	2	Aga-machi Kanose-chugakko*
		Aga-machi Tsugawa*
		Aga-machi Kanose-shisho*
		Aga-machi Toyokawa*
	1	Tokamachi-shi Matsudai*
		Shibata-shi Chuocho*
		Sekikawa-mura Shimoseki*
		Aga-machi Shirosaki*
		Tainai-shi Okawacho*

No Tsunami threat by this earthquake.

"--" in the above information represents an indeterminable value.

Some of cities/towns/villages name in the message are those before they united.

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