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At around 23:36 local time on March 16, an earthquake measuring 7.
4 on the Richter scale occurred in the waters near Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
.
Affected by this, a number of power plants and refineries in Japan were forced to close
According to foreign media reports, a spokesman for Japan's largest refiner Eneos said on March 17 that the 145,000 barrels per day Sendai refinery in northeastern Japan and the 129,000 barrels per day Chiba refinery in Tokyo Bay have been closed
.
The spokesman added that the ENEOS Sendai refinery was automatically shut down by a safety system due to the earthquake, while the Chiba refinery was shut down due to a power outage caused by the earthquake
.
In addition, one of the two crude distillation units (CDUs) at the ENEOS Kawasaki refinery has also been shut down
.
At its Negishi Refinery, some units were shut down due to a power outage in the Tokyo Electric Power Line
Eneos said it did not know when the affected facilities would resume operations, and had not been able to confirm whether the facilities were damaged
.
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co.
's Soma LNG import terminal also stopped operations due to a power outage, according to a statement from Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
.
Two earthquakes occurred in succession at 23:34 and 23:36 local time on the 16th in the waters near Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, with magnitudes of 6.
1 and 7.
4 respectively
.
A total of 4 people were killed and 97 injured
