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

Contrary to conventional wisdom, soil liquefaction during earthquakes can occur away from epicentres, in drained conditions, and at relatively low seismic energy density levels.

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.

The intense shaking of an earthquake will turn once-solid ground into something more like soup, in a phenomenon called liquefaction.

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 ...

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Soil liquefaction, a destructive phenomenon occurring during earthquakes, has traditionally been associated with undrained conditions near the earthquake epicenter.

The intense shaking of an earthquake will turn once-solid ground into something more like soup, in a phenomenon called liquefaction.