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To: mylife

Yes - liquefaction can happen almost anywhere strong quakes and moist soils combine. Sedimentary soils are bad, as are sandy-type soils. Just one example:

http://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/images/liquefaction/liqn_phils.pdf

Note that many Philippine cities are in such areas.

Anyone who’s walked along a sandy or muddy creek or river bed for very far has probably found areas that even without shaking, seem solid enough until you try to traverse them.

Much of the mid-Mississippi valley in the U.S. is at high risk as well.


39 posted on 04/18/2014 12:28:12 PM PDT by Paul R. (Leftists desire to control everything; In the end they invariably control nothing worth a damn.)
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To: Paul R.

Scary stuff.


42 posted on 04/18/2014 3:58:33 PM PDT by mylife
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