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