Imagining the sight of solid ground transforming into a gooey flowing liquid, while small geysers surge floods of sandy water to the surface – might seem like a fictional Hollywood movie special ...

The phenomenon of rising or “floating” manholes is believed to be caused by ground liquefaction due to the earthquake. According to the water and sewerage bureau of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture ...

and materials that have been buried in the ground, like poisonous waste. Explain to students that heavy structures can suddenly sink or shift due to liquefaction, just as the sinker in the above ...

“Even us who experienced it find it hard to believe," recounted a victim of liquefaction ... WSJ reporters investigated on the ground. Photo: Reuters ...

Wave-induced seabed response and liquefaction are critical areas of study in coastal and marine engineering, particularly concerning the stability of underwater structures such as pipelines and ...

In a 6.9 magnitude quake — the low end of what scientists estimate were reached during the 1886 quake — almost all of the Charleston peninsula would be subject to severe ground liquefaction ...

Earthquakes really pose little direct danger to a person. People can't be shaken to death by an earthquake. Some movies show scenes with the ground suddenly opening up and people falling into fiery ...

They added, "Following the 2017 Pohang earthquake, it has emerged as one of the measures to reduce ground liquefaction damage and can be utilized for national disaster prevention purposes." ...