An interesting video showing large-scale liquefaction in a landslide
1 October 2020 07:58 in landslide video by Dave Petley
An interesting video showing large-scale liquefaction in a landslide, reportedly in Shillong, northern India.
1 October 2020 07:58 in landslide video by Dave Petley
An interesting video showing large-scale liquefaction in a landslide, reportedly in Shillong, northern India.
3 September 2018 23:12 in Oddities by Dave Petley
Dynamic liquefaction, a key process that generates landslides in earthquakes, especially for example in the loess of China, also sinks large ships
3 June 2015 07:42 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Two videos have appeared on Youtube showing an amazing liquefaction landslide in mine wastes in Pharkant, Burma in April
22 July 2013 08:11 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The Cook Strait earthquake sequence of the last three days has generated a small number of landslides and liquefaction failures
17 March 2011 07:36 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
A remarkable video has emerged on Youtube showing liquefaction occurring in real time during the Sendai earthquake.
18 January 2010 08:31 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Following up on my post yesterday on the nature of the liquefaction damage to the main container port in Port-au-Prince, CNN has a video from the site. The video is here:http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/15/haiti.harbor/index.html The recording appears to have been shot in this area (this is the post earthquake Google Geoeye imagery): The video clearly shows the liquefaction features, the collapsed wharves and the damaged cranes and notes how much work is needed …
16 January 2010 21:53 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
UPDATE: there is a video of this site here. One of the major impacts of large earthquakes in coastal areas can be the damage to dock facilities caused by liquefaction. The process of seismic liquefaction is well-explained elsewhere, so I won’t reprise that here. However, if liquefaction does occur then high levels of damage can occur to the very facilities needed to bring aid into the affected area. Given the …
27 October 2009 20:05 in Uncategorized 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.
31 May 2022 07:01 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Over the last few days heavy rainfall has triggered a wave of deadly landslides in the Recife area of Brazil
29 March 2022 06:26 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
An earthquake on 25 February 2022 triggered multiple landslides on the flanks of Mount Talakmau in west Sumatra, Indonesia.
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