27 October 2009
Animation of Seattle harbour liquefaction failures
Posted by Dave Petley
Youtube has a rather cool video of an animation of the effects of a large earthquake on the harbour side area of Seattle. The main point is I think to show the effects of the earthquake on the elevated roadway, but it also shows liquefaction failures of the fill behind the sea wall:
Pretty neat – certainly a useful teaching tool.

Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
Wow! That was impressive.
They deserve an award for putting that together so well.