Imagining the sight of solid ground transforming into a gooey flowing liquid, while small geysers surge floods of sandy water ...

Liquefaction is a phenomenon in which the strength and stiffness of a soil is reduced by earthquake shaking or other rapid loading. Liquefaction can cause major damage during an earthquake.

is forced out from between grains during the shaking of a moderate or strong earthquake. If liquefaction occurs under a building, it may start to lean, tip over, or sink several feet. The ground firms ...

The January 1 Noto Peninsula Earthquake caused widespread liquefaction ... Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, says liquefaction occurred after the Noto quake in areas where rivers once ...

Liquefaction only needs a few seconds to develop, but its effects are long-lasting. Sandy soils, silt, and gravel get separated with groundwater from a large earthquake, resulting in large ground ...

Soil liquefaction serves to topple poorly ... Much of that land on the peninsula was filled after the 1886 earthquake. Recent infrastructure like the Ravenel Bridge has been built to high seismic ...

"Given the increased seismic hazard and potential for soil liquefaction, the Bridge is not expected to perform well," it read. "After a moderate level earthquake, the Bridge would likely need to ...