“If you’re on a plot where liquefaction’s taking place, your house could list like a boat and end up at an angle that you don’t really want your house to be,” said Tobin. But large ...

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.

The earthquake caused muddy water to gush out of the ground around Takahashi Chikara's house in Awara City, Fukui Prefecture. The liquefaction made the 50-year-old house tilt and its windows will ...

Here’s a brief explanation of liquefaction, how common it is, and where it is likely to happen. Liquefaction is a phenomenon where saturated sand and silt take on the characteristics of a liquid ...