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Lateral spreading caused 1.2-2 meter drop of paved surface and local flooding, Kobe 1995.( KG ). Sandboils from Loma Prieta. http://www.ce.washington.edu/~liquefaction/html/quakes/loma/loma.html. Anchorage Liquefaction http://www.ce.washington.edu/~liquefaction/html/quakes/alaska/alaska.html.
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Lateral spreading caused 1.2-2 meter drop of paved surface and local flooding, Kobe 1995.(KG)
http://www.ce.washington.edu/~liquefaction/html/quakes/loma/loma.htmlhttp://www.ce.washington.edu/~liquefaction/html/quakes/loma/loma.html
Anchorage Liquefaction http://www.ce.washington.edu/~liquefaction/html/quakes/alaska/alaska.html
Date UTC Deaths Magnitude 1556 Shaanxi China 830,000 ~8 1976 Tangshan, China 255,000 7.5 1138 Syria, Aleppo 230000 2004 Sumatra 227,898 9.1 856 Iran, Damghan 200,000 1920 Haiyuan,China 200,000 7.8 893 Iran, Ardabil 150000 1923 Kanto Japan 142,800 7.9 1948 Ashgabat 110,000 7.3 1290 China, Chihli 100,000 2008 Sichuan 87,587 7.9 2005 Pakistan 86,000 7.6 1667 Caucasia 80,000 1727 Iran, Tabriz 77,000 1908 Messina, Italy 72,000 7.2 1970 Chimbote, Peru 70,000 7.9 1755 1 Portugal, 70,000 8.7 1693 Italy, Sicily 60,000 7.5 1268 Asia Minor, 60,000 1990 Western Iran 40,000 7.4 1783 Italy, Calabria 50,000
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Lateral displacement of a quay wall on Port Island, Kobe 1995.(KG)
The effects of liquefaction may include major sliding of soil toward the body slumping and of water, as in the case of the 1957 Lake Merced slide shown above
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