Floating on land: this storm drain was pushed up through the road in Christchurch by liquefaction caused by the 2010 Canterbury earthquake. (Courtesy: Martin Luff/CC BY-SA 2.0) Contrary to ...

Granular materials, like sand, appear like a solid, but under certain circumstances they can suddenly behave like a liquid. How this exactly happens is still a physical mystery. Water can play a role, ...

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake shook Donggala and Palu in the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia on September 28, 2018, causing destruction that killed more than 1700 people. Not long, the public was shocked ...

India's 2025 earthquake code mandates strict liquefaction checks to prevent buildings from sinking in Delhi's soft soil.