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.

Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

Scientists in Japan have come up with a new way to make soil stronger using waste fluids from geothermal energy plants. This ...

Buildings can be damaged by the shaking itself or by the ground beneath them settling to a different level than it was before the earthquake (subsidence). Buildings can even sink into the ground if ...

The January 1 Noto Peninsula Earthquake caused widespread liquefaction. Houses and roads sustained damage when loosely packed, waterlogged sediments at or near the ground surface lost their strength.

However, climate change has been hampering this growth—earthquakes and other natural hazards negatively impact buildings and ...

Caption Soil liquefaction is a ground response during earthquakes in which the ground turns from solid into a fluid medium similar to quicksand and detrimental to structures. The 2010 Canterbury ...

Grouting is a widely used construction technique that involves injecting stabilizing materials into soil to ensure structural stability, which is especially beneficial in earthquake-prone regions. Now ...

and how engineers design facilities to withstand earthquakes, will be addressed. In particular, the course will consider three topics of current professional and research interest: probabilistic ...

A 7.5-magnitude earthquake killed more than 5,000 people and displaced thousands more when it struck Central Sulawesi province.