Natech Accidents
Natural Hazard
Country of the Natural Hazard
Natural Hazard Name
Industrial Activity
Country of the Site
Site Name
Unit Type
Event
Contributing Factor
Date
Status
NoDate ▾Hazard TypeNatural HazardSite
1.1923EarthquakeTokyo EarthquakeYokosuka Naval Base
2.1983/08/30WindSlight breezeSite 31
3.1989/09/18Tropical CycloneHurricane HugoVirgin Islands Water and Power Authority
4.1989/09/20Tropical CycloneHurricane HugoAmerada Hess Oil Co.
5.1991/08/21StormCorona Discharge - ‘St Elmo’s Fire’anchortank
6.1994/01/17EarthquakeNorthridge EarthquakeARCO-Four Corners Pipeline
7.1994/02/22Heavy RainfallMerriespruit rainHarmony Gold Mine
8.1994/07/24Lightning-Pembroke Refinery
9.1994/10/19FloodingSan Jacinto River FloodPipeline
10.1995/10/24Lightning-Pertamina Cilacap Refinery (Unit Pengolahan IV)
11.1998/02/27Landslide-Trans-Ecuadorian Oil Pipeline
12.1998/09/26Tropical CycloneHurricane GeorgesChevron Pascagoula Refinery
13.1999/08/17EarthquakeKocaeli EarthquakeTUPRAS İzmit Refinery
14.1999/08/17EarthquakeKocaeli EarthquakeAKSA Acrylic Fiber Production Plant
15.2000/01/30Heavy Rainfall-Aurul Mine
16.2000/01/30Heavy RainfallBaia Mare RainfallAurul
17.2001/02/02FreezeFreezing TemperaturesBethlehem Steel Corporation
18.2002/08/15FloodingElbe FloodSite 6
19.2002/11/03EarthquakeDenali Fault Earthquake of 2002Trans-Alaska Pipeline
20.2002/11/25Heavy Rainfall-Samir Mohammedia Refinery
21.2002/12/17FreezeLow temperatureSite 19
22.2003/09/26EarthquakeTokachi-oki earthquakeHokkaido Refinery
23.2003/12/02FloodingRhone river floodSite 36
24.2003/12/26EarthquakeBam EarthquakeRoghan-e-Jonoub chemical plant
25.2004/07/15Tropical CycloneHurricane IvanShell Facility
26.2004/07/15Tropical CycloneHurricane IvanChevron Texaco tank farm on North Pass
27.2005/06/24Heat WaveHigh temperaturesPraxair Distribution Inc.
28.2005/08/29Tropical CycloneHurricane KatrinaMurphy Oil, Meraux Refinery
29.2006/04/30Landslide-Zhen'an Gold Mine
30.2006/06/19Heavy RainfallSulphur rainfallCITGO Lake Charles Refinery
31.2006/09/01Heat Wave-Site 23
32.2007/02/16FreezeCold WaveSite 108
33.2007/07/01Flooding2007 Verdigris River FloodingCoffeyville Refinery Resources and Marketing
34.2008/05/12EarthquakeGreat Sichuan EarthquakeShi Hua Industrial Fertilizer Factory
35.2008/08/17Heat Wave-Site 17
36.2008/08/18Heat Wave-G S M
37.2008/10/31Heavy Rainfall-Site 30
38.2009/04/06EarthquakeL'Aquila earthquakeSite 48
39.2009/07/11Lightning-Site 34
40.2009/07/23LightningLightning in Ibbenbüren, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanySite 14
41.2010/02/27EarthquakeThe Mw 8.8 Chile Earthquake of FebruaryBío Bío Enap refinery
42.2010/06/20LightningStorm and Lightning in Drama, GreeceTire storage
43.2010/07/14LightningStorm and lightning at Pas-de-CalaisSite 12
44.2010/09/08Lightning-BOPEC Tank terminal
45.2011/03/11TsunamiTōhoku TsunamiHirono Thermal Power Station
46.2011/03/11TsunamiTōhoku TsunamiJX Sendai Refinery
47.2011/03/11EarthquakeTōhoku EarthquakeCosmo Oil Refinery
48.2011/03/11TsunamiTōhoku TsunamiMarine Oil Terminal
49.2011/07/11Heat Wave-Site 24
50.2011/09/17Lightning-Feyzin Refinery
51.2012/02/07Freeze-Site 20
52.2012/02/10Freeze-Site 18
53.2013/04/02Heavy RainfallRain and Flood in La Plata ArgentinaArgentine state-controlled oil company YPF SA
54.2013/05/31Landslide-Trans-Ecuadorian Oil Pipeline
55.2014/11/15FreezeCold weatherDuPont La Porte Chemical Facility
56.2015/03/06LandslideLandslide in Colle Cretone di MutignanoSNAM methane pipeline
57.2015/04/17LightningLightning in Greeley, ColoradoNGL Energy Water Solutions - Wastewater injection facility
58.2015/07/29Heavy RainfallCua Ong Ward heavy rain and floodQuang Ninh coal mine
59.2016/04/20LightningSingapore thunderstormJurong Island
60.2017/06/14Heavy RainfallFlood due to Tropical Storm CalvinSalina Cruz Antonio Dovali Jaime PEMEX refinery
61.2017/08/31Tropical CycloneHurricane HarveyArkema
62.2017/09/09FloodingLivorno flood (nubifragio)Livorno refinery ENI
63.2020/04/07LandslideRegressive Erosion at River Coca, NE EcuadorHeavy Crude Pipeline - Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados (OCP)
64.2020/04/07LandslideRegressive Erosion at River Coca, NE EcuadorPetroperú - Iquitos city refinery
65.2020/04/07LandslideRegressive Erosion at River Coca, NE EcuadorTrans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System - Sistema de Oleoducto Transecuatoriano (SOTE)
66.2020/05/29Soil Erosion/ScouringPermafrost thawingNorilsk-Taimyr Energy Thermal Power Plant (TPP-3)
67.2020/06/23EarthquakeM 7.4, Oaxaca, MexicoSalina Cruz Antonio Dovali Jaime PEMEX refinery
68.2020/08/27High WindHurricane LauraKIK BioLab - Lake Charles
69.2022/01/15TsunamiTsunami triggered by Tonga Volcanic EruptionRepsol/Refineria La Pampilla S.A.A.
70.2022/01/28MudslideMudslide due to heavy rain in EcuadorHeavy Crude Pipeline - Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados (OCP)
71.2022/03/01FreezeLow temperaturesKayaku Japan Co., Ltd
72.2022/08/05LightningThunderstorm and lightningCUPET state oil storage terminal - Cuba Oil Union
73.2022/12/12LightningLightning in EcuadorTrans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System - Sistema de Oleoducto Transecuatoriano (SOTE)
74.2022/12/21FreezeExtreme cold weatherSuncor Refinery, Denver, CO, US
75.2023/01/24StormSevere StormsPemex Refinery, Deer Park, TX
76.2023/02/06EarthquakeTurkey-Syria EarthquakeBOTAS
77.2023/02/06EarthquakeTurkey-Syria EarthquakeLimakPort İskenderun
78.2023/02/09StormHelios Storm, central MediterraneanEvos Malta Ltd
79.2023/02/22LandslideLandslide on the Marker River due to heavy seasonal rainsHeavy Crude Pipeline - Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados (OCP)
80.2023/02/22LandslideLandslide on the Marker River due to heavy seasonal rainsTrans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System - Sistema de Oleoducto Transecuatoriano (SOTE)
81.2023/04/23LightningLightning in TexasDurango Resources
82.2023/07/27Wild FireWildfires in central GreeceSite 101
83.2023/08/23StormStorm in Sri LankaChemical Factory in Katuwana Industrial Zone (Name TBC)
84.2023/10/02LightningLightning strike at OxfordSevern Trent Green Power Plant at Cassington, Oxford
85.2023/12/04Tropical CycloneCyclone MichaungChennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL)
86.2023/12/09Heavy Rainfall-Parking yard
87.2024/02/02Wild Fire-Gas depot
88.2024/02/13LandslideLandslide at Copler mineCopler Gold Mine (Çöpler Altın Madeni)
89.2024/04/07Flooding-Orsk oil refinery (Russia)