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.

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.

Earthquakes really pose little direct danger to a person. People can't be shaken to death by an earthquake. Some movies show scenes with the ground suddenly opening up and people falling into fiery ...

As rescue and recovery efforts continue to ramp-up in earthquake-ravaged Myanmar, new details about how the geologic setting amplified the disaster are beginning to emerge. The March 28 magnitude ...

Soil liquefaction happens during a strong earthquake, when the ground starts acting like a liquid instead of solid land. This usually occurs in places with loose, wet soil like sandy areas near ...

New Delhi, Mar 28 (PTI) India's earthquake monitoring agency NCS said ... frequency matched the natural vibration of buildings. Soil liquefaction -- when soil loses its characteristics and behaves ...

head of the NCS.Soil liquefaction happens during a strong earthquake, when the ground starts acting like a liquid instead of solid land.This usually occurs in places with loose, wet soil like ...

Video by AFP Supported by By Malachy Browne The powerful earthquake that shook Myanmar ... Southwest of Mandalay, the 200-year-old Me Nu Brick Monastery appeared to be largely destroyed.

IT WILL TAKE some days for the full toll of the powerful earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28th to become clear. The epicentre lay just outside Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city ...

Sai Aung Main/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Supported by By The New York Times A strong earthquake struck near Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, on Friday, damaging or collapsing ...