| HOKKAIDO | Japanese region located about 250 kilometers away from the earthquake's epicenter. (8) |
| HOWLS | On the Arctic tundra, wolf ___ can be heard up to 16 kilometers away |
| WAVES | They radiate outward from an earthquake's epicenter |
| SANJOSE | City in California's Santa Clara Valley, home to a Major League Soccer team, the Earthquakes (3,4) |
| CALABRIA | Region located in the 'toe' of Italy (8) |
| SRILANKA | Island country located about 19 miles off the southern coast of India (3,5) |
| FLANDERS | Geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands |
| PIGEONS | These birds (about 250 known species) occur worldwide except in the coldest regions and the most remote islands. They all strut about with a characteristic bobbing of the head. In The Merchant of Veni |
| KOBE | ___ beef: delicacy which takes its name from the Japanese region it comes from. (4) |
| DISTANCE | Mile or kilometer |
| ASTEROIDBELT | Region located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter (8.4) |
| BENGAL | Historic region in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent (91,224 sq miles; pop about 250 million) (6) |
| OKINAWA | Japanese region in the southern Ryukyu Islands (7) |
| TANGIER | Moroccan city located about 30km from Spain's southern tip (7) |
| GENOA | Central city of the Italian Riviera, located about 75 miles (120 km) south of Milan (5) |
| OFFIRE | Name for the earthquake zone and volcanoes that rim the Pacific basin, the ring ... (2,4) |
| ARCTIC | Polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth (6) |
| GOBI | Large, cold desert and grassland region located in China and Mongolia, the _ Desert (4) |
| BOHEMIA | Former region located in what is now the Czech Republic (7) |
| VIKING | Shipping forecast region located in the North Sea (6) |
