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Re:Liquefaction from the Sendai earthquake – a remarkable video by wmwong on Friday March 18, 2011 @02:53AM (#2339639)
For those of us who are not familiar with the term liquefaction. In simple terms, I think it means the soil becomes like quick sand because of the earthquake.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_liquefaction

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Re:Liquefaction from the Sendai earthquake – a remarkable video by michaelcampbell on Friday March 18, 2011 @07:44AM (#2340079)
Exactly. Liquefaction is not water coming up from the ground, although that's a side effect of it.
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