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.

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 ...

The January 1 Noto Peninsula Earthquake caused widespread liquefaction. Houses and roads sustained damage when loosely packed, waterlogged sediments at or near the ground surface lost their strength.

Days after a devastating earthquake hit Myanmar in late March 2025, killing more than 3,700 people, footage of dark-colored ...

Liquefaction phenomena have been confirmed in the Noto Peninsula Earthquake. An on-site survey found that Uchinada Town in Ishikawa Prefecture suffered large-scale damage, including ground ...

THE liquefaction of air ... as shown in the accompanying diagram (Fig. 1), which displays a vertical section of the apparatus. The gas, say oxygen, enters the outer coil under a pressure of ...