Soil liquefaction
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Soil liquefaction occurs when a cohesionless saturated or partially saturated soil substantially loses strength and stiffness in response to an applied stress such as shaking during an earthquake or o
Some effects of soil liquefaction after the 1964 Niigata earthquake
Soil liquefaction allowed this sewer manhole to float upward and breach the pavement during the 2004 Chūetsu earthquake
Soil liquefaction in Christchurch. The 2011 earthquake caused a layer of water and fine sand to collect on the surface of this street.
The Giddy House in Port Royal, Jamaica, which partially sank into the ground during an earthquake in 1907 which produced soil liquefaction, resulting in its distinctive tilted appearance.
1964 Niigata earthquake
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The 1964 Niigata earthquake struck at 13:01 local time on 16 June 1964 with a magnitude of 7.6. The epicenter was on the continental shelf off the northwest coast of Honshu, Japan, in Niigata Prefectu
Soil liquefaction
…liquefaction. Although the effects of soil liquefaction have been long understood, engineers took more notice after the 1964 Alaska earthquake and 1964 Niigata earthquake. It was a major cause of the destruction produced in San Francisco's Marina District during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, and in the Port of Kobe…
Collapse of the Showa bridge, Niigata caused by the earthquake