Soil liquefaction has been observed and documented in earthquake-prone areas such as California, Alaska, Japan, South America, Turkey, and other places around the world.

Buildings can be damaged by the shaking itself or by the ground beneath them settling to a different level than it was before the earthquake (subsidence). Buildings can even sink into the ground if ...

Computer simulations are helping scientists and engineers improve predictions for liquefaction — a sometimes deadly earthquake effect where the soil loses its stiffness, thus toppling buildings ...

Liquefaction during shaking from the March 31, 2020, Stanley earthquake caused ground subsidence and collapse of the delta. (Zach Lifton/Idaho Geological Survey) For many years, the Sawtooth fault ...

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.

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 ...

Geologists believe there is little to no risk of landslides or liquefaction in the area, according to the USGS. More than two dozen earthquakes followed the original, with magnitudes between 2.5 ...