What happened during and after first quake and tsunami impact on Japanese terminal

摘要

The effects of a large-scale earthquake and tsunami on an LNG import terminal have been analyzed in a study by Japanese experts who carried out an investigation after the March 2011 disaster. This analysis looks at the impact of the earthquake on the Sendai City Minato LNG terminal, a small-scale facility in the worst-hit area. On March 11, 2011, the largest earthquake in Japanese history, with an epicentre located off the Pacific coast of Tohoku region, shook a wide area of Japan, from Tohoku to the Kanto region.