Natech

HazardTōhoku (Great East Japan) Earthquake, Japan, 2011/03/11
Industrial PlantShin Minato LNG Terminal, Japan
Epicentral Distance117.79 km
Hypocentral (Focal) Distance121.3 km
Modified MercalliDestructive
Medvedev-Sponheuer-KarnikDamaging
European MacroseismicHeavily damaging
Instrumental Intensity8.3487
Peak Ground Acceleration102.05 %g (1.0205 g)
Horizontal Peak Ground Acceleration217.36 cm/s2 (0.2216 g)
Peak Ground Velocity54.281 cm/s
Spectral Acceleration (0.3 s period, 5% damping)114.35 %g (1.1435 g)
Spectral Acceleration (1.0 s period, 5% damping)63.097 %g (0.631 g)
Spectral Acceleration (3.0 s period, 5% damping)8.2716 %g (0.08272 g)
ReferencesKrausmann, E.; Cruz, A. M., "Natech accidents following the Great Eastern Japan earthquake and tsunami", 2012
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Created: Serkan GIRGIN, 2012/08/31 13:05:33

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