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Natech

Hazard	Miyagi-Ken-Oki (Sendai) Earthquake, Japan, 1978/06/12
Industrial Plant	JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. - Sendai Refinery, Japan
Epicentral Distance	87.467 km
Hypocentral (Focal) Distance	97.91 km
Modified Mercalli	Destructive
Medvedev-Sponheuer-Karnik	Damaging
European Macroseismic	Heavily damaging
Instrumental Intensity	7.5863
Peak Ground Acceleration	26.378 %g (0.2638 g)
Horizontal Peak Ground Acceleration	140.14 cm/s² (0.1429 g)
Peak Ground Velocity	32.639 cm/s
References	Cooper, T. W., "A study of the performance of petroleum storage tanks during earthquakes, 1933-1995", 1997 Scholl, Roger E., "Reducing earthquake hazards: lessons learned from earthquakes", 1986 "The ARIA Database", 2012
Notes	See Cooper (1997) Section 1.2, page 2. ARIA No: 6307
Access	Public

No	Plant Unit Type	Plant Unit Properties	Damage State			Damage Properties
1.	Storage Tank	-	DS4 (Extensive)	3	-	DS_HAZUS: Extensive; num_damaged: 3