In a new study, the conventional understanding of soil liquefaction is being challenged, significantly reshaping our comprehension of earthquake-related soil deformation. Traditionally, soil ...

Floating on land: this storm drain was pushed up through the road in Christchurch by liquefaction caused by the 2010 Canterbury earthquake. (Courtesy: Martin Luff/CC BY-SA 2.0) Contrary to ...

Liquefaction, which was a major source of damage during the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, is generally thought to involve the shake-up and compaction of soil grains in loosely-packed sediment.

Earthquake-induced soil liquefaction, often described as the phenomena of seismic generation of excess porewater pressures and consequent softening of granular soils, is a leading cause of earthquake ...

Soil liquefaction is a ground response during earthquakes in which the ground turns from solid into a fluid medium similar to quicksand and detrimental to structures. A massive dataset of 15,000 ...

Following the 6.8 Nisqually earthquake in 2001, Boeing Field airport had to be shut down. Liquefaction had damaged the runway. Portland International Airport is sitting on one of those areas.

Liquefied soil caused numerous buildings to collapse in the Indonesian city of Palu after Friday's magnitude 7.5 earthquake, which has killed more than 800 people.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The images out of Indonesia are frightening. Buildings and homes swept away by rivers of earth following last week's deadly earthquake. In some cases, entire neighborhoods that ...

Following the 6.8 Nisqually earthquake in 2001, Boeing Field airport had to be shut down. Liquefaction had damaged the runway. Portland International Airport is sitting on one of those areas.

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