Imagining the sight of solid ground transforming into a gooey flowing liquid, while small geysers surge floods of sandy water to the surface – might seem like a fictional Hollywood movie special ...

Having these in mind, ask them to think about where they are most likely to see liquefaction induced by an earthquake. Areas of land near rivers or close to sea level may be prone to liquefaction ...

Liquefaction usually occurs in land reclaimed from the sea, rivers and wetlands. Senna Shigeki, a researcher at the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience ...