The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake (Mw9.0) caused damage to oil storage tanks and other hazardous materials facilities in wide area. Damage of oil storage tanks is classified into three types on the basis of external forces, that is, tsunami, long-period ground motions, and short-period strong ground motions. Oil storage tanks and pipelines on the pacific coast of northeast Japan were drifted and collapsed by the tsunami. At the Japan Sea coast of northwest Japan and Tokyo Bay a
The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake (Mw9.0) caused damage to oil storage tanks and other hazardous materials facilities in wide area. Damage of oil storage tanks is classified into three types on the basis of external forces, that is, tsunami, long-period ground motions, and short-period strong ground motions. Oil storage tanks and pipelines on the pacific coast of northeast Japan were drifted and collapsed by the tsunami. At the Japan Sea coast of northwest Japan and Tokyo Bay a